Alaska Small Business Development Center

Tag: Success Story

Highlighting: Caffe D’Arte Alaska

If you’re a coffee lover in the Anchorage area, there is no doubt you have enjoyed a deliciously handcrafted beverage from Caffe D’arte Alaska. Bob and Lori Brewer have owned and operated Caffe Darte Alaska, ...

Highlighting: Alaska Escape Rooms

Located in the basement of a popular Alaskan restaurant you’ll find hidden passages, mechanical marvels, potential Yeti sightings, and surprises around every corner. The owner, Graeme Deishl, wanted to create an accessible adventure in the ...

Color Wheel Arts LLC

Color Wheel Arts: Connecting neighbors, families, and friends through art Color Wheel Arts LLC is located in Douglas, Alaska and serves to provide art opportunities to the community. Owner Sherri McDonald is achieving this impact ...

Highlighting: Shewman Counseling Services

From Engineer to EMDR & Family Counselor, Anchorage Hit the Jack-Pot Again Julie Shewman was always an entrepreneur at heart and now in reality too! Following a successful civil engineering career, Julie decided to make ...

Highlighting: Ursa Major Training and Consulting

As a self-proclaimed transplant to the Pacific Northwest, Teresa Whipple has taken her passion for all things wild and built a Bear Awareness Training business designed to help visitors better evaluate risk when exploring Southeast’s ...

Highlighting: Resurrect Art Coffee House and Gallery

Off the beaten path in Seward rests a picturesque church that has been lovingly renovated into a charming coffee house and art gallery, appealing to both locals and tourists who come across its welcoming atmosphere. ...

Highlighting: The Painted Whale

The Painted Whale, a cultural tourism operation focused on public art, is the first company of its kind in the Kenai Peninsula and state. Owner Justine Pechuzal was a freelance artist teaching and painting murals ...

Highlighting: Last Mile Transport

Last Mile Transport provides final destination delivery services that get your goods where they belong. One glance at their raving reviews tells you all that you need to know: they are extraordinarily good at what they ...

Newest Client Profile: Studio49!

In less than a year, Amber Abbott has taken a dream of business ownership and made it a vibrant reality. Studio49 is the Peninsula’s newest fitness hotspot, offering high energy cardio and spinning classes that ...

Highlighting: BEP Company in Juneau!

As a Juneau-based toner cartridge remanufacturer, recycler, and supplier since 1988, the BEP Company was established when personal printing was a new concept and has since remained on the cutting edge of the industry for ...

Newest client profile: Kwippe

Kwippe is the “brainchild” of Stacey and Rob Reiman of Anchorage, Alaska. Stacey is a longtime software and digital product developer who saw the need for a usable and seamless art graphics experience. Combined with ...

Newest Client Profile: William’s Reindeer Farm

If you mention reindeer in Alaska, chances are high that people will share a wonderful memory they have at Williams Reindeer Farm. It was founded by farmer and attorney, Tom Williams, his wife Gene, and ...

Proudly Highlighting: Wild Wings ‘N Things

A long-awaited addition to the Fairbanks community opened its doors last week. Wild Wings ‘N Things owner, Saidou Sy, has spent the past three years diligently and eagerly working on his dream – becoming a ...

Proudly Highlighting: Urgent Care of Soldotna

Jeoff Lanfear and Shane Udelhoven have teamed up to create the most exciting startup business in medicine on the Kenai Peninsula.  With their combined education, experience, and passions, they opened the doors to Urgent Care ...

Proudly Highlighting: Loco Mama’s Tamales and Catering

Brenda Schurman is a businesswoman to be admired. With vision and determination, she has worked with the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) in Mat-Su on growing her small business and in this time, has grown ...

New Client Profile: Waterworks Spas and Saunas

For over 40 years, Waterworks Spas and Saunas has served Alaska as the oldest hot tub company in the state offering energy efficient and quality spa products to happy and relaxed customers. Today, this tradition ...

New Client Profile: “New” Butte Pizza

Last fall, Robert “Bob” Rieth and his wife Sherry saw an opportunity to purchase an existing pizza restaurant and with previous business experience, rolled up their sleeves and went to work to make their business ...

Proudly Highlighting: Gahm’s Guns, Gunsmithing, and Training

Jason Gahm is an NRA Certified Instructor and Gunsmith, who successfully transitioned his family-owned-and-operated small business from Nikiski to the Peninsula Center Mall in Soldotna with his wife, Anne.  This strategic business decision has gained ...

Proudly Highlighting Equinox Designs!

Kyle Hudson returned to his home in Metlakatla following his work as a Navy Contractor and as his passion for culture and the carving artistry was reignited, as was his desire to create an accompanying ...

Newest Client Profile: Kenai Peninsula Massage Therapy

At Soldotna’s newest small business, you’re encouraged to put your phone on silent and immerse yourself in luxury and relaxation. Kenai Peninsula Massage Therapy (KPMT) offers premium relaxation, calmness, and stress relief. Their treatments focus ...