Where to Startup
First Steps and Crowdfunding
for the Alaska Entrepreneur, Innovator and Dreamer
This segment discusses first steps when starting out as an entrepreneur, including online tools available, making a pitch and crowd funding.
Where To Startup videos
Speaker:
Jon Bittner, Deputy Commissioner, Alaska Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development
Topics:
- Is now a good time to be an entrepreneur in rural Alaska?
- What advantages do entrepreneurs in rural Alaska have? [01:19]
- What online tools are available to entrepreneurs? [02:55]
- What should be the first steps for an entrepreneur? [04:21]
- What is a pitch? [06:14]
- What is crowdfunding? [07:20]
- Running a crowdfunding campaign [09:24]
Additional Resources:
- Alaska Division of Economic Development
- Alaska Small Business Development Center
- U.S. Small Business Administration
- World Trade Center Alaska
- Anchorage Economic Development Corporation
- AlaskaStarups.com
- Alaskanstartup.zone
- EntrepreneurAlaska.com
- Path to Prosperity
- Successful Alaska Startup: Arxotica
- Arxotica Kiva Zip page
- Kiva Zip
- Kickstarter
- IndieGoGo
- Kauffman Foundation
- Startup Podcast
- iTunes University
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