The U.S. Small Business Administration is strengthening its outreach efforts to business owners and entrepreneurs in Alaska.
Last week, representatives from the SBA visited three communities on the... Read more
When Jennifer Loofbourrow walks through the headquarters of Alpine Fit — currently a 960 square-foot shop and showroom with a lofted office in Midtown Anchorage — she radiates enthusiasm for the eye-... Read more
Canadian food brokers and marketers recently gave a handful of Alaska startups a taste of what it would take to go international with their products in a first of its kind trade mission.
Lyndsey... Read more
Some people don’t find a lifelong career because of an intense calling to a specific field. They pursue happiness instead by avoiding what they don’t want to do: work for somebody else.
That was the... Read more
Ask experts in the area and they’ll tell you: the blue economy is the future of Alaska’s economic stability.
Long an exporter of raw goods and natural resources, Alaska must transition from that... Read more
My name is Penny and my job is unique: I am an improvement district worker.
What does that mean? I get to create place, community and vibrancy.
I am currently the marketing & communications... Read more
When I learned recently that Alaska is last in the US in private corporate venture capital investment in early stage ventures, it was not a surprise to me.
However, after spending a couple months in... Read more
This kid, I've seen him before.
Now I remember where I know him from. One time I was his entrepreneurship coach for about two hours. He came up with the "efficient pizza carrier" thing. I recall... Read more
Throughout Alaska Startup Week, you have been reading about why startups are important. They are the source of job growth, contribute to new economic growth, and solve the problems of consumers.
Yet... Read more
49th State Brewing Co.’s theater buzzed with excitement. Not because a casting producer from Shark Tank was visiting Alaska for the first time (she was, and loved it), not because of a giant blow-up... Read more
Think quickly, envision three successful entrepreneurs: who comes to mind? If Mark Zuckerberg, Steve Jobs, or Sergey Brin pop into your head, you aren’t alone. American culture celebrates maverick,... Read more
Like so many kids, Ben Kellie wanted to be an astronaut. He may not be going to outer space himself anytime soon, but Kellie knows more than a few things about launching rockets into orbit.
As co-... Read more
Working in Anchorage’s low-income neighborhoods, I have seen firsthand the toll the recession has taken on neighborhood businesses and the local economy. Commercial vacancies are up, unemployment is... Read more
My father is a rancher, so he speaks in "cowboy-isms". He once told me, “You go to school to learn you’re ABCs, but you go to work to learn the rest of the alphabet.”
He couldn’t have been more... Read more
Julia Casey moved to Anchorage in 2017 as an Americorps VISTA. Although she was placed in a position supporting entrepreneurs at the University of Alaska Center for Economic Development, it wasn’t... Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — Small business owners have gotten more information about a new tax break many will get, with the IRS issuing proposed regulations that explain the deduction for qualified business... Read more
A senator from Idaho gave up part of his July Fourth recess to spend time talking business in Alaska.
Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship chairman Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, held an oversight... Read more
A group of Chinese business delegates from the northeastern city of Harbin visited Anchorage June 8-9 to meet face-to-face with Alaska business leaders interested in opening more trade between the... Read more
The Alaska trade mission to China in May is already paying off in terms of incubating opportunities, Gov. Bill Walker said June 6 in Anchorage.
Speaking alongside an entourage of Alaska business and... Read more
Alaska isn’t just the second-youngest state in the union. Its population remains younger as well.
The median age in Alaska is 33.4 years old, compared to 37.4 nationally.
But the number of people... Read more
When Jennifer Loofbourrow walks through the headquarters of Alpine Fit — currently a 960 square-foot shop and showroom with a lofted office in Midtown Anchorage — she radiates enthusiasm for the eye-... Read more
Canadian food brokers and marketers recently gave a handful of Alaska startups a taste of what it would take to go international with their products in a first of its kind trade mission. Lyndsey... Read more
Some people don’t find a lifelong career because of an intense calling to a specific field. They pursue happiness instead by avoiding what they don’t want to do: work for somebody else. That was the... Read more
Ask experts in the area and they’ll tell you: the blue economy is the future of Alaska’s economic stability. Long an exporter of raw goods and natural resources, Alaska must transition from that... Read more
My name is Penny and my job is unique: I am an improvement district worker. What does that mean? I get to create place, community and vibrancy. I am currently the marketing & communications... Read more
When I learned recently that Alaska is last in the US in private corporate venture capital investment in early stage ventures, it was not a surprise to me. However, after spending a couple months in... Read more
Throughout Alaska Startup Week, you have been reading about why startups are important. They are the source of job growth, contribute to new economic growth, and solve the problems of consumers. Yet... Read more
49th State Brewing Co.’s theater buzzed with excitement. Not because a casting producer from Shark Tank was visiting Alaska for the first time (she was, and loved it), not because of a giant blow-up... Read more
Think quickly, envision three successful entrepreneurs: who comes to mind? If Mark Zuckerberg, Steve Jobs, or Sergey Brin pop into your head, you aren’t alone. American culture celebrates maverick,... Read more
Like so many kids, Ben Kellie wanted to be an astronaut. He may not be going to outer space himself anytime soon, but Kellie knows more than a few things about launching rockets into orbit. As co-... Read more
Working in Anchorage’s low-income neighborhoods, I have seen firsthand the toll the recession has taken on neighborhood businesses and the local economy. Commercial vacancies are up, unemployment is... Read more
Julia Casey moved to Anchorage in 2017 as an Americorps VISTA. Although she was placed in a position supporting entrepreneurs at the University of Alaska Center for Economic Development, it wasn’t... Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — Small business owners have gotten more information about a new tax break many will get, with the IRS issuing proposed regulations that explain the deduction for qualified business... Read more
A senator from Idaho gave up part of his July Fourth recess to spend time talking business in Alaska. Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship chairman Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, held an oversight... Read more
A group of Chinese business delegates from the northeastern city of Harbin visited Anchorage June 8-9 to meet face-to-face with Alaska business leaders interested in opening more trade between the... Read more
The Alaska trade mission to China in May is already paying off in terms of incubating opportunities, Gov. Bill Walker said June 6 in Anchorage. Speaking alongside an entourage of Alaska business and... Read more
Alaska isn’t just the second-youngest state in the union. Its population remains younger as well. The median age in Alaska is 33.4 years old, compared to 37.4 nationally. But the number of people... Read more