Alaska Digital Resource Lesson 1

Discovery Exercises...

1.  Peter Klein is the Chief Financial Officer of Microsoft.  He used to work in Seattle in corporate finance in communications and technology sectors.

2.  You can sell crafts online through your own website, other cooperative websites, and online auctions like e-bay, craig's list, etc.  In person, you can sell them at fairs, festivals, and galleries.  The first book on my list that you can get is, Internet Based Businesses You Can Start With Less Than One Thousand Dollars.  It is written by Sharon Cohen.  A book for starting a book/DVD selling business would be Start An Online Book Business with Amazon also written by Sharon Cohen.  (I don't know any business owners so I just made up a business.  It sounded interesting to me.  Maybe I'll do it one of these days.)

3.  I could only find one book on Small Business Start Up Kit.  I looked under Small Business Marketing 101 (chapter 12).  I don't have time to read it but it sure looks interesting.  I did read about websites and social media.  It was definitely helpful.

4.  The first two landlord responsibilities that are written are:  give the tenant a copy of any written rental agreement; and second, abide by the lawful terms of the agreement.  Two examples of frauds and scams are:  advance-free fraud and fake check scams.  The only consumer report that I could find to file was the consumer complaint report.  I think I'm stumped on this one.

5.  There are 149,571 female workers in my community.  The top employer is the State of Alaska.

6.  The stages of the small business cycle are:  Think, Launch, Grow, Reinvent, Exit.  You can find a checklist for starting a small business under TOOLS.

7.  Two publications done about broadband in 2011 Alaska are:  Broadband policies for the north: a comparative analysis, and Rural broadband: opportunities for AK.  Small scale nuclear power has been considered as an option.  Any power source is relevant for everyone because we all rely heavily on it.

8.  I don't know much about the community so I don't really know what it needs.  So I can't really answer the question.  But the resources that were given are definitely helpful for anyone who wants to start a business.