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Events
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Anchorage Small Business Marketing Events Opportunities
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Community Related Business Training Schedules
Great Opportunities for Women-Owned Businesses
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Made in Alaska Workshops on Marketing to Alaska and Digital Photography
Non-Profit Organization Technical Training and Consulting
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Small Business Technical Training, Workshops, Meetings
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Financing Your Small Business
AIDEA Loan Participation Program
Download a booklet on Financing a Business
Loans for Fisheries and Rural Areas
Loans for Rural Alaska
Loans Guarantees for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers
Loans in Kenai
Loans in Southeast Alaska
Microloan Program for Women Entrepreneurs

Permanent working capital loans

Rural Community Projects Funding Sources

U.S. Small Business Administration Loan Guarantee
For-Profit Businesses
A booklet on starting a small business in Alaska   
Access travel agency business resources
Access travel agency business training
A Complete Site for Employer Resources
A general information book on starting a business in Alaska  
Alaska economic Information by region
Alaska's manufacturing business resources

Apply for a Dun & Bradstreet number for your business

Apply for an Employer Identification Number (EIN)
Attend a business plan class  
Contact Alaska's Taxpayer Advocate for help with an IRS problem   
Download a booklet on resources for Alaska communities and businesses
Download a template for a business plan Word 25kb  
Download a template for an Executive Summary of a Business Plan  
Download a template for 12-month cash flow Excel 50kb  
Download a template for Profit and Loss  

Download Federal forms for SBA, IRS, OSHA     

Find any answer fast!  EIN, TIN, S Corp, Taxes

Find market research on Alaska

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Links to small business regulations in Alaska    
Need a lawyer?  Contact the Lawyer Referral Service
Register as a federal contractor     
Start a business in rural Alaska
Take several SBA business courses on line
Workers' Compensation information for Employers
Write your business plan at your own pace
Licenses, Permits, Forms
Alaska registered agents with Alaska addresses
(for information only, not an endorsement by the State of Alaska)
Commercial Fisheries (ADF&G)
Corporations and LLC Forms for Applying or Amending
Definitions: corporation, S corporation, LLC, sole proprietor, partnership
Find necessary professional or occupational licenses in Alaska
Food Safety certification courses online
Get an Alaska business license online with a credit card
Get guiding, fishing, and hunting permits
How to become a licensed big game hunting guide or outfitter
How to open a restaurant
How to open an auto dealership
Important Bed and Breakfast Safety Practices
Mineral Exploration/Operating Permits
Need a lawyer?  Contact the Lawyer Referral Service
Opening a Bed and Breakfast in Alaska (Powerpoint Presentation)
Permits for a pool, spa, restaurant, cosmetology, temp camp kitchen
Print and mail an application to get an Alaska business license
Seafood processing and shellfish permits
Turn your business into a corporation online
Turn your business into an LLC online
Download a template for Profit and Loss Excel 29kb
Taxes & Tax Consequences
A One-Stop IRS site for small businesses
File business taxes online
Find out everything about payroll taxes
Find out how to deduct your home office space
Fisheries Tax (DOR)
Get IRS information on starting a business
IRS requirements if you change your business structure
IRS requirements if you close your business
IRS requirements if you file bankruptcy
IRS requirements if you sell your business
Know how to claim your business vehicle expenses
Sales taxes by city, municipality, or borough
Problems with the IRS?  Contact the Taxpayer Advocate
Take an online IRS Tax course on self-employment
Take a classroom course on business tax returns or payroll taxes
Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) - What is it, and how to get one
Market Your Business
Advertise with the Iditarod, "The Last Great Race"
Alaska Export Assistance Center
Certify your business as Alaska Product Preference
Certify your Alaska-made products as Made in Alaska
Certify your Alaska Native artwork with Silver Hand

Certify your fresh produce as Alaska Grown

List your business in Buy Alaska! An exceptional marketing tool!
Certify Your Business to Bid on Government Contracts
8(a) SDB (Small Disadvantaged Business)
Definitions: Women-Owned, Service-Disabled Vet, HubZone, Qualified Indian Tribe, Handicapped Individual
Federal government contracting regulations (FARs)
Get a Department of Transportation's certification as a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE)

Find contracts available for bid with the State of Alaska

Go to the Service-Disabled Veteran Business website
How to get federal government contracts
HUBzone business website
Make sense of the language of federal government contracts
Sign up to bid for State of Alaska government contracts
State of Alaska proposed changes to regulations (by departments)
Alaska Industries
Fisheries Industry
Forestry  
Mining Industry
Timber and Forest Products
Tourism Industry
Non-Profit Businesses
Access a local specialist on non-profit organizations
A Complete Site for Employer Resources
Find any answer fast!  EIN, TIN, S Corp, Taxes
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Need a lawyer?  Contact the Lawyer Referral Service
Take a complete IRS workshop on non-profit organizations
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Target Market Research
Find Alaska Economic Information by Region
Find data and information on economic trends in Alaska
Find data on unemployment, labor, cost of living by region
Find information on Alaska's public lands, people, natural resources, and recreation opportunities
Find out about laws that apply to Alaska Native Arts & Crafts
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Miscellaneous
VA's Center for Veterans Enterprise (CVE)

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For more information, contact:  
Michael Hanzuk
Development Specialist
ARDORs Coordinator

Office of Economic Development
550 West 7th Ave., Suite 1770
Anchorage, AK 99501
(907) 269-8104
(907) 269-8125 (fax)
Michael.Hanzuk@alaska.gov

 


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Quick Links

2006 Alaska Economic Performance Report
2007 Fuel Prices Across Alaska
Alaska Development Resource Guide
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Alaska Product Preference Program
Alaska Statistics
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Before You Buy a Business License
Buy a Business or Professional License
Definitions of Corporation, LLC, Partnership
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Links of Interest
Fisheries Development
Forest Products Development
Minerals Development
Tourism Development