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July Update from the Alaska SBDC Executive Director
...portant, is supporting Alaskan businesses through buy-local efforts. This is why I am pleased to announce the relaunch of the BuyAlaska program which you can read more about in this newsletter. This initiative will help to connect people with Alaskan owned businesses in their community and will showc...
December Update from the Executive Director
...need your help now more than ever. If you plan on buying gifts, please buy local. You can use the amazing Holiday Gift Guide put together by the BuyAlaska program. Reach out to your favorite restaurants and order a special treat for you and your loved ones to help ...
January Update from the Executive Director
...there is still a ways to go to get back to the pre-COVID days, it’s becoming more and more clear that we’re moving into a new phase of this long, grueling pandemic. Now, more than ever, we need to support each other and our local businesses to help get ...
Surreel Saltwaters
...ss Development Center (Alaska SBDC), and taking no-cost entrepreneurial training workshops over 7 years has helped them sharpen their business practices in preparing for an exciting season. When asked what they consider their favorite part of running their small business The Upicksouns explained it i...
Hot Shot Coffee Company
...cebook and Instagram. Congratulations on your grand opening, Christina. We wish you continued success as a small business owner! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hotshotcoffeecompany/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hotshotcoffeeco/ Photographer: https://www.facebook.com/ohsnapics ...
SBA Offers Disaster Relief
...rage, AK 99503 Opens 10 a.m. Thursday, April 6 Mondays – Fridays, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Center closes 6 p.m. Thursday, April 13 Businesses of all sizes and private nonprofit organizations may borrow up to $2 million to repair or replace damaged or destroyed real estate, machinery and ...
Council to decide on funding local SBDC advisor
...isting and prospective business owners through “no-cost, confidential, individual business coaching to grow small businesses,” the ordinance states. The Homer office’s establishment also follows city economic development policy, as shown in the 2018 comprehensive plan which states, according to the o...
Kenai Freight Forwarders, LLC
...pproach, making even small shipments feasible and cost-effective. Competitors have a minimum charge well over $100, which does not make sense for smaller items, but Kenai Freight Forwarders is able to meet consumer requirements with a more agile pricing structure. The road to success is seldom with...
Evergreen Business Capital Partnership with FNBA
...perator and is active in all aspects of the day-to-day business. Scan Home, Inc. was founded in the summer of 1983 with five containers of furniture imported from Denmark and sold at the old sports arena in Anchorage. Their objective then and continues to be offering moderately priced Scandinavian ...
Prince of Wales Excursion Outfitter: How a Southeast Alaska small business was born.
...that marketing effort paid off with a huge summer-long rental. That income alone more than doubled the first year’s profits. By May, I had more than doubled the number of bookings I had the year before. Along the way, things I thought would be big ticket items turned out ...
Unlocking Your Small Business Freedom: A Four-Part Series
...ut 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 othe...
Kenai Cache Outfitters
...Cache Outfitters offers packages for day and multi-day packages to choose from for an incredible outdoor adventure. For an unforgettable fishing experience on the Kenai River, visit the most complete fly shop located on the Kenai Peninsula for all your Alaska fishing needs. Kenai Cache Outfitters is...
Nearly $30 Billion in PPP, EIDL Funds Approved for Pacific Northwest Small Businesses, Nonprofits
...demic. In just three months, the SBA approved and disbursed nearly twice as many EIDL loans for COVID-19 than it has for all other disasters in the combined 67-year history of the agency. EIDL and EIDL Advance Data as of July 15, 2020 Full EIDL and EIDL Advance reports ...
The Mystery of Financial Health
...advisors are available for confidential, free, one-on-one business advising sessions. This assistance can help the business owner put into practice the tools learned at the Profit Mastery workshop. The class fee is typically $395, but due to funding from the 2012 Jobs Act the course is offered for $2...
What Gilmore Girls taught me about Small Business
...r may have been a bit too hands-on with the day-to-day operations of his business but it brings up a good point. Business owners need to know what’s going on in their business- from inventory control, to key processes and financial measures. Luke, Luke’s Diner Luke may have ...
The Growing Importance of Facebook as a Customer Service Tool
...having at least a 90% response rate and a median response time of 5 minutes. Response rates and times are based only on your Page’s first reply in a conversation, not follow-up messages in that same conversation that day. Learn more about response rates and times on Facebook’s help ...
Midnight Sun Home Care
...helped Kevin step out from the minutiae of day-to-day operations and look at the bigger picture for his business strategy. Midnight Sun Home Care is an excellent option for Anchorage and Mat-Su Valley families who are looking to keep their Senior members at home when they need a little ...