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Go Live With The Whales

YoungUpstarts

While in Puentas Arenas I traveled with a group mostly composed of people from the American west coast, predominantly Seattle and Alaska. There were a bunch of burly men from Alaska who had all been friends for more than 20 years. One worked the North Slope of Alaska. We had partners and felt supported. Inspiration.

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Avoid startup failure – Don’t make these 7 mistakes

The Next Web

You wouldn’t want to market this item to people in Alaska, would you? This could even be your business partner. Set up your startup for long-term success by seeking partners and team members whom are on the page as you are, but also balance you out by presenting different traits, skills, and viewpoints. Are you right-brained?

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Spending on education expected to reach $10 trillion by 2030, as startups eye new opportunities

The Startup Magazine

The data from partner institutions showcase tangible results, as well as inspiring stories of engagement, community building, improved academic performance, deeper thinking, and transformative classroom experiences. In 2024, Hypothesis built meaningful connections through collaboration and increased engagement.

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Moving To Homer, Alaska

Feld Thoughts

During one of the long conversations we had at the time about our future, we started talking about calling it quits and moving to Homer, Alaska. We didn’t know anyone there and I didn’t have any business there, but it was a lot more centrally located in the US than Homer, Alaska. Life alaska anchorage homer'

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Let's Talk About Anxiety, Fear of Failure, and Why I Didn't Go to The Dentist for 27 Years

This is going to be BIG.

There was that geography test in the second grade that I got an 80 on, because I kept confusing Ketchikan, Alaska with some other Alaskan cityone was a fishing down and in the other they trapped fur or made paper or some such craft. For the life of me, I kept swapping one for the other, and relative to my other performances, totally bombed.

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Out of the Crisis #12: Curative founder Fred Turner and Celine Halioua on diagnostic supply chains, scaling up testing, and partnering with government

Startup Lessons Learned

I think the other thing that sort of made me jump pretty early on the testing is we had been setting up this clinical trial with a partner for probably about six months, with a collaborator who had typically been incredibly responsive and would jump on the phone at a moment's notice. We were supposed to have the kickoff meeting.

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Does Your Small Business Need Workers’ Compensation Insurance?

YoungUpstarts

Alaska provides an exception for commercial fishermen. Every state also specifies whether sole proprietors, single member LLCs, partners, and family farms are considered employees and may opt-out or into workers’ comp. The Number of Employees You Have Matters. Large National Businesses May Self-Insure.