Where to Startup
Final Thoughts
for the Alaska Entrepreneur, Innovator and Dreamer
This segment discusses what an idea is worth, questions to ask before starting a business, when to take the plunge, knowing your audience, understanding your strengths and weaknesses, building your team, what if you fail, and final thoughts on this series.
Where To Startup videos
Speaker:
Jon Bittner, Deputy Commissioner, Alaska Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development
Topics:
- What’s an idea worth?
- What questions should you ask yourself before starting a business? [01:43]
- When should you take the plunge into entrepreneurship? [03:18]
- How important is a business plan? [04:14]
- Know your audience. [05:04]
- Understand your strengths and weaknesses. [06:18]
- Building your team. [07:16]
- What if I fail? [08:30]
- Final thoughts. [10:03]
Additional Resources:
- Fiverr.com
- Amazon Mechanical Turk
- Google Docs
- Dropbox
- Made In Alaska program
- Silver Hand program
- Alaska Loyal program
- Alaska Product Preference
- BuyAlaska
- Alaska Division of Economic Development
- Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development – Research
- Alaska Department of Revenue
- Alaska Small Business Development Center
- U.S. Small Business Administration
- World Trade Center Alaska
- Anchorage Economic Development Corporation
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