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Support the Alaska Economy by Shopping Small on Small Business Saturday
...foster a spirit of community that makes Alaska a truly special place to live and work. For media inquiries, please contact: Harley Tennant Alaska SBDC Communications Manager (907) 786-7201 Email About Alaska SBDC: The Alaska Small Business Development Center is a statewide program hosted by the Unive...
Hearthside Books
...munity support for Hearthside Books, she plans on running it with the local community in mind. “I decided that such a community-centered business that had been operating uninterruptedly for almost 50 years needed to stay in the community,” said Olga Lijo Serans. Olga first approached the Alaska SBDC...
January 2023 Update from the Alaska SBDC Executive Director
...y year these dedicated professionals work with thousands of clients in all industries start and grow their businesses. With the support of the Small Business Administration, the University of Alaska, Northrim Bank, Wells Fargo, the Denali Commission, the Department of Treasury and the State of Alaska...
Alaska SBDC Announces Ian Grant as our State Star
...anization’s online offerings for those who do not live close to a physical SBDC location. Every year, America’s Small Business Development Center (ASBDC) Network recognizes top performers nationwide at its Annual Conference. A special awards reception honoring the 2015 State Stars will be held in Sep...
The Captain’s Lady
...atures locally made souvenirs from the people who live in and love Southeast Alaska. Passion and dedication fueled owner Jaimie Palmer into fast-tracking her entrepreneurial journey in the hopes of bringing truly unique and interesting gifts and clothing not just to tourists, but to the Ketchikan com...
New Business Helps Kenai Peninsula Relieve Pain
...nurse, have teamed up to create Freedom Physical Therapy & Sports Rehabilitation (Freedom PT). Todd focuses on freeing patients from pain and helping them to live life more fully, through the art of manual therapy and tailored exercise, within the realm of evidence-based practice, to speed and optimi...
Freedom Physical Therapy & Sports Rehabilitation
...on freeing patients from pain and helping them to live life more fully, through the art of manual therapy and tailored exercise, within the realm of evidence-based practice, to speed and optimize outcomes. After great success working with the Washington SBDC on a previous business, Todd approached Cl...
What Gilmore Girls taught me about Small Business
...s kept his business thriving. Even though he was gruff and had a strict “no cellphone” policy, he cared for his customers and often knew what they wanted before they even sat down. Luke’s customer base is a great example of the 80/20 rule- where 80% of your sales ...
Alaska SBDC Awarded USDA Grant to Help Launch Series of Rural Business Kiosks
...ith these kiosks, we are expanding our reach into rural Alaska using tried-and-true technologies that don’t require clients to be tech-savvy. This allows us to focus on what is really important – providing the support, tools and resources needed for small businesses to succeed.” The kiosks will be ho...
The Kindred Post
...ntering into. Now that the Kindred Post is up and running, they continue to meet to make sure the first year goes smoothly and the financial projections accurately portray the actual financial situation from month to month. Kindred Post opened it’s doors to the public in style last month ...
Building and Maintaining Effective Relationships with Your Employees
...nship is characterized as having high degrees of trust, respect, admiration, and social exchange. HQ employees are the “go to person” or the “star employee”. They exhibit higher levels of performance, job satisfaction, dependability, and have low turnover. HQ relationships are high maintenance for ma...
Nomad Shelter
...re temperatures range from 70 degrees to -18) who live in their Yurts year-round. Nomad Shelter designed their product based on the traditional Asian steppe nomadic herding people’s Ger. Through research and unique materials, the Tenhoffs were able to increase their Yurt quality so they could stand u...
Cash In on Helpouts by Google
...can request on a variety of topics from yoga instruction to social media marketing to cooking lessons. Some adventurous customers have even used it for medical consultations! The benefits for small business owners are two-fold: 1. Now you can get assistance on a variety of business topics from quali...