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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 ...

Meet Up & Clean Up with Anchorage SBDC!

...and/or family. The more, the merrier. Many hands make light work, as they say! Water and bathrooms will be available. We already have volunteers with trucks to collect the trash and drop it off at the Central Transfer Station. Clean Up: We’ll gather in front of the building, network, ...

Alaska SBDC: Making ProfitCents Industry Data and Analysis Work for You

...not all ProfitCents offers. It also provides an in-depth narrative report, putting your business’s financial ratios into plain English and deciphering underlying conditions. It’s like taking your business to the doctor and getting blood work done, except instead of checking cholesterol and glucose, i...

Salmon Sisters

...ure and partnering with responsible fisheries and organizations working to protect Alaska’s marine ecosystems allows them to give back to the ocean that gives so much to them while helping ensure healthy life cycles for future generations to come. Business during a pandemic No stranger to federal dis...

Ropes Fitness, LLC

...going into business for myself and showed me step-by-step how to make it a reality. I had so many questions and scattered thoughts about how to get Ropes Fitness started. Alexis has taken the time to organize my thoughts and intentions into active steps I have taken to get ...

Grow to Greatness

...ers, and other practitioners. Every business faces the same challenges as it grows. Join a community and share “what works and what does not work”. Avoid the common mistakes that most businesses make!...

Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF)

...es Business tax returns (IRS Form 1120 or IRS 1120-S) IRS Forms 1040 Schedule C; IRS Forms 1040 Schedule F For a partnership: partnership’s IRS Form 1065 (including K-1s) Bank statements Externally or internally prepared financial statements such as Income Statements or Profit and Loss Statements Poi...

Japan in Alaska

...d blooms with the loft of puff pastry. The bakery uses healthy, quality ingredients to create Japanese baked goods and entrees featuring Alaska ingredients. “Oishi” means delicious in Japanese and owner Shelly Jensen aims to uphold the Oishi Bakery name by creating memorable cuisine with locally sour...

Attently

...ounding board for both high-level strategy and day-to-day minutiae has been invaluable. They’ve been responsive, friendly, and supportive- while not shying away from giving tough advice when we needed to hear it. When friends approach us with business ideas, we send them to the SBDC, knowing that the...

What’s New in 2014

...arn how to use QuickBooks to it’s full extent and make it work for your business. This class is a hands on 6 hour course that goes over the basics of the QuickBooks 2013 program, setting it up and working with lists and accounts. Taught by AK SBDC Business ...

Holiday Closure 12/21 – 1/3

...istration to meet with an advisor: https://aksbdc.org/business-counseling/ Tools and resources: https://aksbdc.org/tools/ And connect with us on our social platforms: @AlaskaSBDC From all of us at the Alaska SBDC, we wish you a safe and energizing holiday season. We look forward to being part of your...

Premier Janitorial Services

...obligation quotes, they’ve made it their business to make your business shine. Contact Johnson and his team at (907) 232-9454, http://www.premierjanitorialservicesak.com/, and on Facebook for more information....

Commerce Secretary Announces Allocation of $300 Million in CARES Act Funding

...aculture operations, processors, and other fishery-related businesses—should work with their state marine fisheries management agencies, territories, or Tribe to understand the process for applying for these funds. Can eligible fishery participants receive direct payments? Direct payments are express...

Mat-Su Landscaping and Lawn Maintenance, LLC

...business smoothly. They explained, “We worked one-on-one with her to make sure that we were making the correct decision when it came to deciding to buy the shares of this company. She helped us foresee what we would be doing financial-wise and how we could best spend our money. ...

3 Reasons Why Lean In is Important for Entrepreneurs

...s/meghancasserly/2013/06/04/america-tops-dell-list-of-best-countries-for-women-entrepreneurs/). This means that there are a lot of women burning the candle at both ends trying to keep both their business and their families running smoothly. If you haven’t read the book, I highly encourage you to take...

Wells Fargo Provides Funding to Support Interior Businesses

...state and federal dollars to the maximum benefit of Alaska’s communities and businesses. Partners like Wells Fargo and all of the other lenders that the Alaska SBDC works with across the state make expanding our services in a fiscally responsible and impactful way possible. We hope that you’ll join...

The Growing Importance of Facebook as a Customer Service Tool

...ake sure your customers are happy! Answer Quickly Make sure you have a tool that will notify you whenever someone posts to your page or sends you a message. Downloading Facebook’s Pages tool for mobile devices is the easiest way to make sure you know when someone posts right ...

Unlocking Your Small Business Freedom: A Four-Part Series

...p but find someone you can trust to handle the day-to-day. Unfortunately, most owners find themselves feeling stuck instead. The Freedom Workshop is dedicated to getting you back on track to gaining the freedom you deserve as a business owner. You’ll learn: What freedom finding owners know that the ...

Melino’s Marine Services

...; it’s about community and collaboration. “No one works for me. We work together,” he emphasizes. He believes in the power of small deeds, often helping distressed vessels without charging, a testament to his deep-seated belief in karma. To budding entrepreneurs, Captain Melino’s message is clear: Ne...