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  • Who We Are

    We're a group of can do entrepreneurs, innovators, educators and mentors who create innovative business opportunities for Alaskans and Alaska oriented individuals and organizations.

  • What We Do

    Encourage economic and social growth centered around entrepreneurship through mentoring, venture capital, and strategic partnerships.

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Blog

  • Jim Anderson, Anchorage, Alaska Makes Cover of Inc.

    Locally owned and operated LeadDog Consulting made the cover of Inc. Magazine! From the article: Increasingly home-based businesses are being looked at as a competitive force, and some, like Anchorage, Alaska-based LeadDog Consulting, even have a niche market captured. In the cartography industry, there are only a handful of companies that are responsible for producing the majority of the [...]

  • Become More Active

    In an initiative to make the group more active, we’ve added a Facebook Group, Twitter account, and a forum to allow for more in-depth and social discussions.

  • Free, the Future of Business?

    A Wired article struck a cord with me, and also managed to make me ponder about the future of business and capitalism as we know it. Over at Wired, Chris Anderson discusses his new book Free: The Future of a Radical Price.

  • Is Advertising Going Pay-Per-Action?

    While browsing Inc’s Top 10 Companies by Revenue Growth, something caught my eye while reading about spots five and nine. Not only did they have the biggest rightfully earned smiles, but they both were in the pay-per-action advertising business.

  • Start-ups need skilled advisors

    Originally written January 28, 2002 for the Alaska Journal of Commerce The Alaska economy is in dire need of an active private capital network. Many well-intentioned local investors invest directly in exciting entrepreneurial opportunities, but more often than not they are neither making a wise investment nor really helping the entrepreneur.

  • Aspiring Alaskan Business Leaders Search for Opportunities

    THE IDEA: creation of one or more Search Funds — a proven two stage private equity model. This is a social venture capital business model developed by Professor Irv Grousbeck of the Stanford University Graduate School of Business’s Center for Entrepreneurial Studies.

  • A collaborative venture capital fund for Alaska?

    Originally written Monday, June 7, 2004 for The Alaska Journal of Commerce