Where to Startup
for the Alaska Entrepreneur, Innovator and Dreamer
Investor Perspective & Business Planning
This segment discusses the Investor perspective and business planning, including angel investors, what investors are looking for in entrepreneurs, pitching your idea and the purpose of a business plan.
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Speaker:
Eric McCallum, President of Arctic Wire Rope & Supply
Topics:
- What is an angel investor?
- What do you look for in an entrepreneur? [02:35]
- Advice on pitching your idea. [05:08]
- What advice do you have for entrepreneurs in rural Alaska? [07:11]
- What’s the purpose of a business plan? [10:42]
Additional Resources:
- What Color Is Your Parachute? A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters & Career-Changers by Richard N. Bolles
- U.S. Small Business Administration: Build Your Business Plan
- Alaska Small Business Development Center: Tools – Business Plan
- Sequoia Capital: Writing a Business Plan
- Entrepreneur.com: Business Plan Forms & Templates
- Business News Daily: 8 Free Business Plan Templates for Startups
- Cayenne Consulting: Business Plan Mistakes
- Alaska Business Plan Competition
- Aleutian Marketplace
- North Slope Marketplace
- ASHOKA: Innovators for the Public
- The Awesome Foundation: Alaska
- 49th State Angel Fund
- Arctic Wire Rope & Supply
- Alaska Division of Economic Development
- Alaska Small Business Development Center
- U.S. Small Business Administration
- Alaska Regional Development Organizations (ARDORS)
- World Trade Center Alaska
- Anchorage Economic Development Corporation
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