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Business Workshops and Classes

Six-Week Business Start-Up Class

Business Class poster

Click on the link below to download the application for this class (PDF file size: 102kb)

Six-Week Business Start-up Class Application

SBDC Workshop


Pictured above are students in our February 2007 “Six-Week Business Start-Up” class.
From upper left: Sheila Finkenbinder, Sitka Works lead instructor, Alice Titell, Rachel Roy, STA coordinator, Denise Roy, Frea Merculief, Robert Baines, Monica Ballesteroz, and Andy Holt. Lower left, Diana Burton, Jackie Stewart, Juneau Small Business Development Center guest instructor, Chasady Didrickson, Tonia Rioux, and Roy Levine.

While in Sitka, Jackie Stewart, Juneau Small Business Development Center Director, offered workshops on "Starting Up a Business" and "Financing Your Business".

This year's classes are a cooperative effort with the Sitka Tribe of Alaska.

Applications are now being accepted for the September 2007 class, by calling 966-3066 or downloading and submitting the application (see link above the class photo).
Attendance is free and open to the public.



Some of the classes we've done in the past have been:

'SMART Steps to Business Success'

February - March 2002

Marketing your Business Creatively & Effectively

February - March 2000

Premier FastTrac

The Ultimate Entrepreneurial Training program
1999
1998

Premier FastTrac is a unique program dedicated to helping you launch or grow your company wisely, successfully and profitably. It provides training in practical business management skills used by leading entrepreneurial firms.


Our thanks to the following institutions for helping to support our FastTrac program:
Their generous donations funded scholarships and helped to support enhancement 
workshops and materials. For more information about business loans you may reach them at:

First National Bank
of Anchorage

318 Lincoln Street
Sitka, Alaska 99835
1-800-856-4362
(907) 747-3272
First Bank
203 Lake Street
Sitka, Alaska 99835
1-800-764-2265
(907) 747-6636
National Bank
of Alaska

300 Lincoln Street
Sitka, Alaska 99835
1-800-478-5706
(907) 747-3226

Workshops include topics on:

  • Marketing
  • Taxes
  • Employers/Employees
  • Government Contracts
  • Negotiating
  • Accounting
  • Bookkeeping
  • Business Plans
  • Manufacturing

To be included on a mailing list for workshops, contact us at work@sitkaworks.org



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