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Using Influencers In Your Marketing Mix
...or financially. If your Influencer in an employee, allowing them to use their phones at work may be repayment enough. Engaging Influencers isn’t a new idea; it’s basically word-of-mouth rebranded and is an incredibly effective way to increase awareness for your business. To learn more about Influenc...
Risch, Colleagues Introduces Legislation to Boost R&D Grants for Small Businesses
...underrepresented states. However, the current one-size-fits-all application process requires all applicants to be equally considered, which has resulted in undermining the states the program is intended to serve. “Small business research and development grants make a world of difference, yet several...
SBA Re-Opening PPP to Small Lenders on Friday, January 15 & All Lenders on Tuesday, January 19
...r forms, guidance, and resources are available at www.sba.gov/ppp and www.treasury.gov/cares. Access our downloadable Relief Bill overview at your convenience and please send us your questions! Our Weekly Briefing will also provide insight, discussion, and Q&A on this topic – register once and join a...
Is Alaska the 49th State of this Startup Nation?
...s, local tech companies, university incubators, co-working spaces, digital meet-ups, and finally key investors seeing the raw talent and opportunity that made funding good ideas great investments. It was a change in the ecosystem that created greater resources for a new business ecosystem that allowe...
Impact Alaska Handicrafts
...overall operation. While his children run the day-to-day operations, Julio still works as a consultant. Since handing over the business to the kids, it has grown from 40 employees to 120 with a factory covering more than 10,000 square meters. After arriving in Alaska, Julio immersed himself in learn...
SBA and Treasury Announce PPP Re-Opens Jan 11
...uary 6 in accordance with the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Non-Profits, and Venues Act. This round of the PPP continues to prioritize millions of Americans employed by small businesses by authorizing up to $284 billion toward job retention and certain other expenses through March 31, 20...
Tools to Help You Write Your Business Plan
...modify, and that provides specific examples will make all of the difference when it comes to actually creating a business plan. The tools used to write a business plan just as the tools used to build a house have been significantly improved over th e years and you should ...
The Ice Maze: Frozen Fun
...tter of Guinness World Records accepting the paperwork. Livingood contacted the Alaska SBDC from the conception of this goal: “Trisha Sims [Mat-Su Center] helped guide me through writing my business plan, how to get financing via loans, grants and sponsorship (without which this wouldn’t be happening...
Integrated Robotics Imaging Systems, Inc
...specially near and dear to my heart, as my brother-in-law lost his home and all of his possessions in 2015, when the Tubbs Fire devastated Santa Rosa, California, and surrounding areas. Sonoma County is still seeing the impacts of the fire today, and the effects could have been significantly ...
Meet Stacie Stigar!
...out of 4,600. Stacie says that of the jobs she’s worked, the United Way of Mat-Su brought her the most personal satisfaction, and her time at The UPS Store taught her about business ownership, community responsibility, and much more. She says that Alaska’s small business community is important to ...
Aurora Chocolates
...pment Center in 2014 and has utilized both the one-on-one advising with our Business Advisor Lynn Klassert as well as the workshops available to assist on specific business subjects. Most recently, Jae has been attending the Marketing Lab, where he has continued to work on the business’s digital pres...
Sea Fur Sewing
...products in 9 fur galleries, 2 museums and a high-end fashion boutique in Brooklyn, New York. Additionally, Iditarod 4-time winner, Lance Mackey (pictured to the right) has been spotted wearing Sea Fur Sewing on more than one occasion! With all that success before walking in the door of the ...
One-on-One Meetings: A Component of Effective Manager-Employee Relationships
...(e.g., from middle-quality to a high-quality). One-on-one regular scheduled meetings with your direct reports are the ideal process for providing such opportunities to them. Depending on the nature of your business, we suggest meeting with your employees every one to two weeks and definitely at least...
Mary Jane Fate: Celebrating an Alaska Native leader
...laska Board of Regents, where she served from 1993-2001. In 2003 she was appointed by President George W. Bush as a member of the US Census Advisory Committee on American Indian and Alaska Native populations. She was involved in so many boards and initiatives and also helped found the ...