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Winner of the 2009 Excellence in Partnership Development Award
from the University Economic Development Association
Should You Be An Entrepreneur?
To find out if you are on the right path, click here to take a quick test developed by Daniel Isenberg, Professor of Management Practice at Babson College.
Energy Efficiency Survey for Small Businesses
The University of Alaska Center for Economic Development is conducting an online survey to determine the need for a technical assistance program providing energy-efficiency information geared to small businesses. To participate in the brief survey, click here.
New IRS Small Business Workshop Available Online
The new Virtual Small Business Tax Workshop is now available online. It consists of nine interactive lessons designed to help new small business owners learn their tax rights and responsibilities. The workshop is also available on CD - click here to order.
AKSourceLink - Coming to a Community Near You
AKSourceLink is on the road again! During the next three months, we will be completing the statewide rollout of the program with workshops in every region of the state. In Southeast, following the successful Juneau Small Business Resource Expo organized by our partners Juneau Economic Development Council and Southeast Conference, we are planning further Expos in Petersburg, Skagway, and Wrangell. Check the calendar on this website for dates and details.
In the Interior, partners Alaska Village Initiatives, Fairbanks Economic Development Corporation, and Fairbanks North Star Borough are planning events in Fort Yukon and Galena, as well as Barrow in the Far North. Fairbanks also has workshops scheduled in Delta Junction (March 18) and Healy (April 1). In Far North Kotzebue, Northwest Arctic Borough will be offering for college credit a two-day course in Starting a Successful Business, March 30 - April 1. In Southwest Alaska, we are working with Southwest Alaska Municipal Conference to plan events in Dillingham, Kodiak, and Unalaska. Interior Rivers RC&D is hosting a workshop in Aniak on March 12.
Finally, in Southcentral Alaska, we are working with partners Anchorage Economic Development Corporation and Mat-Su RC&D to stage events in Anchorage and the Valley in April 2010.
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Featured Resource Partner:
KAWERAK, INC.
E-Commerce Center
Rural business plays a vital role in the economic well-being of Alaska. Today the opportunities and technologies exist to bring Alaska Native art and other manufactured products to the global marketplace. The E-Commerce center goals are to connect Alaska artisans and manufactures to the global marketplace, to provide the facilities and tools necessary to do business online, to provide technical and business training and assistance, and to establish a network of people to grow economic opportunity.
To read the entire article, click here.
To read more about other Resource Partners who work with small businesses, click here.
For more information, visit the Kawerak, Inc. website.
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