49SAFPOD

Join 49SAF and three exited black entrepreneurs turned entrepreneurial ecosystem builders. They discuss the challenges that Black, Indigenous and People of Color entrepreneurs face. Featuring: Dan Kihanya of Founders Unfound, Erin Horne McKinney of Black Female Founders, and BJ Stewart of Urban Impact.

It's another dual shot of espresso! We sit down with Jani Tuomi, cofounder of Texas-based medical tech company Imaware and Jacqueline Summers, Managing Director of Alaska's Health TIE (Testbed for Innovative Enterprises). We talk COVID, at home medical testing and how one software developer becomes the founder of a health tech company.

We've got a great, informative podcast in two parts--with a royal cameo kicking us off! Hear from Toby Rittner, President and CEO of the Council of Development Finance Agencies ("CDFA"), and Katie Kramer, the company's Vice President. Part I of the Podcast is all about the SBA Loan Options available to small businesses right now in light of COVID-19; Part II is more policy oriented and covers the CARES Act, Development Finance, and best-in-class local finance responses to this crisis. TOP TIP: Alaska's Small Business Development Center's COVID-19 page (https://aksbdc.org/covid19 [https://aksbdc.org/covid19]/) is a great resource for details on this as well. PLUS the SBDC is holding daily web briefings on these SBA lending products, answering questions, and getting detailed -- like with this PDF document that explains both the Economic Injury Disaster Loan and the Payroll Protection Program in detail (presented week of April 6, 2020, pdf): https://www.sba.gov/sites/default/files/articles/EIDL_and_P3_4.1.2020_FINAL_2pm.pdf [https://www.sba.gov/sites/default/files/articles/EIDL_and_P3_4.1.2020_FINAL_2pm.pdf]

We talk with two founders who live 800+ miles apart: Keith MacIntyre of Big Bear Software in Penticton, Canada and Marc Wheeler of Coppa in Juneau, Alaska. It's a mashup cast with meaning: Keith builds tech products, Marc makes Alaska-infused ice cream, and both find common threads in this discussion about entrepreneurship and what helps them, their companies and communities move forward.

HERE WE GO with one of Alaska's premier entrepreneur and investor events. Deadlines: Entrepreneurs (Feb 11), Investors (Feb 29) PLUS make sure to hit the Juneau Innovation