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Winner of the 2009 Excellence in Partnership Development Award
from the University Economic Development Association
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 will also be available on CD in January 2010. Click here to preorder the CD.
2009 Small Business Survival Index
On December 1, the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council (SBE Council) released its 14th annual ranking of the states according to their public policy climates for small business and entrepreneurship. The top ten entrepreneur-friendly states are 1) South Dakota, 2) Nevada, 3) Texas, 4) Wyoming, 5) Washington, 6) Florida, 7) South Carolina, 8) Colorado, 9) Alabama, and 10) Virginia. Alaska ranked 12th, just outside the top ten.
To read the full report click here.
Green Gazelles in Rural Alaska? If you are an entrepreneur working in remote rural Alaska, you might be eligible to participate in an action research project that seeks to create a framework for success in sustainability entrepreneurship in the state - businesses that advance the transition to a clean technology economy powered by renewable energy.
The research studies an
entrepreneur and his/ her organization’s progress toward and through
levels of economic and environmental success. For more information visit the Green Gazelle website or contact one of the following: Rick Wolk, MBA Program Director, University of Alaska Southeast (907.796.6133), Kathryn Dodge, Fairbanks North Star Borough (907.459.1309) or Christi Bell, University of Alaska Center for Economic Development (907.786.5444).
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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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