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...buy or sell a business. Learn more. Funding The Alaska SBDC utilizes community partnerships to facilitate connections with lenders for our clients. Learn more. Buying and Selling Businesses An Alaska SBDC Business Advisor can share information on businesses for sale, best practices, preparation items...

Buying and Selling Businesses

...rstand the steps, timing, and expectations of the Buyer. An Alaska SBDC Advisor can provide information on how to position your business for sale and maximize the value of the business up to 24 months before you plan to market the business for sale. An Advisor can further explain

Mat-Su Landscaping and Lawn Maintenance, LLC

...usiness Administration (SBA) to work with Alaska SBDC Mat-Su Center Director, Julie Nolen, on reviewing financials, connecting with the right lender, and transitioning the business smoothly. They explained, “We worked one-on-one with her to make sure that we were making the correct decision when it c...

Los Chanchitos

...e summer months. With that, I reached out to the SBDC about getting a loan to buy my own food truck and start my first business.” If you find yourself in Seward during the summer months, check out the new, bright red food truck downtown. You can’t miss it,

November 2022 Update from the Alaska SBDC Executive Director

...State Small Business Credit Initiative that the SBDC is launching to help drive more private sector investments into small businesses, you can head to https://aksbdc.org/ssbci/ and see all of the latest news and information. We’ve got overviews of the different loan and equity programs, insights int...

Alaska Sewing Machine Repair

...services in Anchorage, the Mat-Su Valley, and Fairbanks (Yes, Kate travels every few months to Fairbanks). Kate services and repairs most brands of sewing machines, and a wide range of machine types, from antique machines, mechanical machines, fancy computer embroidery machines to long arm quilting m...

Ruth Wolfe

SubZero Heats Up

...oo. Folks loved it and made clear that they would buy it if there were more available. Eventually, recognizing how popular freeze dried products have become in the Lower 48 and that no one was really making them in Alaska, Peck and her family decided to make a go

Gretchen Fauske

September Update from the Alaska SBDC Executive Director

...velled to Nashville, TN for the annual America’s SBDC Conference to learn from other SBDCs across the country and teach them a little about what we do in return. Hot topics included AI technology, SSBCI capital, online sales opportunities and how to market online among many other things. Closer

October Update from the Alaska SBDC Executive Director

...ng Alaska Native art that’s for sale. Speaking of buying local, the BuyAlaska Holiday Gift Guide is taking submissions for this year’s guide! Make sure to submit your business for inclusion. If for no other reason than to help me figure out what to buy my friends and family

November Update from the Alaska SBDC Executive Director

...e Greene in her brand new offices in Downtown Fairbanks! I don’t know about all of you, but when the SBDC staff was putting together the material for this month’s newsletter we were amazed at all of the activity that was happening around the state. Businesses were talking about

Unwrap the Spirit of Alaska: BuyAlaska Launches Holiday Gift Guide Showcasing Local Treasures

...de Showcasing Local Treasures Alaska, November 27, 2023 – BuyAlaska invites you to experience the magic of giving while supporting our vibrant Alaskan community this holiday season. Introducing the BuyAlaska Holiday Gift Guide, a curated collection of unique treasures from locally-owned businesses ac...

Developing Your Website Marketing Strategy – Part 3: Five Biggest Social Media Myths

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

...nt. (link to example report) ProfitCents is a fee-based service, but the Alaska SBDC has partnered with ProfitCents to provide these valuable reports to our clients at no cost. Take advantage of this opportunity and ask your local Alaska SBDC advisor how to get your hands on a free

Advising

...re here to help, and we’re easy to reach! info@aksbdc.org More contact options The Alaska SBDC CANNOT provide assistance for: We cannot work with Cannabis & CBD Businesses Our cooperative agreement with the Small Business Administration (SBA) states that our award is governed by and constituted under...

Foggy Mountain Shop

...nt smoothly and they were able to qualify for an SBA backed loan. “Transitioning from a shop employee to buying the business feels a little like walking through a minefield. Ian has been our map; letting us know what is coming at us and how to handle it” said

Fairbikes

...during the 2013 StartUP Weekend where they met AKSBDC Fairbanks Director Russ Talvi. Talvi continued to work with them as they pitched their business to potential funders and looked for downtown Fairbanks businesses to partner up with. “Russ Talvi with SBDC has been a phenomenal resource as I learn

Alaska SBDC Announces Ian Grant as our State Star

...to increase the organization’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...

Small Business Saturday

...d Alaska SBDC are sponsoring the #ShopSmallSelfie event this year as part of Small Business Saturday! Customers who shop at participating small businesses will have the chance to win some Buy Alaska swag by taking a photo and using the tags #ShopSmallSelfie and #BuyAlaska on Facebook, Twitter and Ins...