Alaska Entrepreneurship Week
September 29 – October 3, 2025, Alaska
We are prepping the annual Alaska Entrepreneurship Week.
THE Week is an exhilarating enterprise showcase
in one of the world’s most inspiring, beautiful, challenging settings.
Entrepreneur
Self-motivated person striving to fulfill their potential.
What is Alaska Entrepreneurship Week?
Alaska Entrepreneurship Week (AKEW) is a statewide initiative designed to spotlight, support, and strengthen entrepreneurship across Alaska, not just by serving entrepreneurs directly, but also by amplifying the organizations and programs that help them thrive.
It’s a coordinated week of events, workshops, panels, and meetups, hosted by local organizations, educators, business owners, and community champions, structured to inspire action and build momentum around entrepreneurship in all its forms.
MISSION
To coordinate and promote a statewide week of entrepreneur-led and organization-hosted events that elevate, connect, and empower Alaska’s entrepreneurial community.
Through strategic scheduling, shared promotion, and ecosystem-wide visibility, AKEW helps entrepreneurs access the tools they need and supports organizations in amplifying their impact across the state.
VISION
An annual statewide week that highlights the needs, contributions, and future potential of Alaska’s entrepreneurs and the organizations that support them. Many of those needs are met during the week, and all participants leave knowing where to find the resources, connections, or support to move forward.
Purpose
AKEW empowers both entrepreneurs and the organizations that support them. It’s about:
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Helping entrepreneurs take confident next steps with new skills, connections, or clarity
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Creating space for organizations to share what they offer (programs, services, events)
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Growing awareness of Alaska’s entrepreneurial resources across industries and communities
With these in mind, THE Week is designed to:
Connect
Bringing together the diverse tapestry of Alaska’s entrepreneurial ecosystem, this event links startups, small businesses, support organizations, legislators, and investors with the resources and networks they need to thrive
Showcase
The week features a series of events, including pitch sessions, workshops, and keynote speeches from industry leaders, to highlight Alaskan businesses’ unique business opportunities and innovative spirit.
Supporting organizations will show how they can assist these entrepreneurs and then connect them with their corresponding program, service, or department.
Inspire
By sharing success stories and providing practical resources, we aim to fuel the ambition of current and aspiring entrepreneurs to pursue their business dreams.
Engage
With interactive sessions and collaborative forums, participants gain practical insights and forge meaningful connections that last beyond the event.
How it works
AKEW does not organize events directly. Instead, it:
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Facilitates and structures the overall week
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Promotes submitted events via its website, social media, and email campaigns
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Supports event hosts with best practices, templates, and visibility
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Provides a unifying banner that ties together diverse events into a statewide celebration
You run your event, AKEW helps elevate it. You need a resource, are interested in an event…, AKEW helps you find it.
Event’s type & organization
AKEW events are as diverse as Alaska’s communities:
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Business basics workshops
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Roundtables and panels
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Open houses or facility tours
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Youth innovation activities
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Pitch events or competitions
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Resource showcases
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Networking mixers and more
THE Week may look like this, hopefully with nicer graphics and layout 😊
All events are organized and led by local champions; AKEW simply helps them reach more people and have more impact.
Each day of the week is themed according to the basic five stages of a company, and the majority of the events that day will be related to such subject.
Within each day, longer events will take place in the mornings and afternoons. During lunch hours, we’ll have events shorter than one hour to allow folks working 9-5 to use their lunch time to attend.
To help with commutes, we’ll try to group events in the same locations when possible, as well as encourage organizers to add online capabilities.
Who should attend?
Entrepreneurs, organizations that support entrepreneurs, investors, legislators…
Whether you are an established business owner, a budding entrepreneur, or an investor interested in the vast potential of Alaska’s markets, Entrepreneurship Week offers valuable insights and opportunities for everyone in the business community.
What to Expect?
Answers to who is who, and does what?
Alaska is huge, and so is the number of organizations and services they have available for you, entrepreneur. THE Week will help you who offers what you need, when you need it, and according to stage of your small business.
A representation of the organizations and services available, and when to access them
These organizations will work together to show how the complement each other, and help entrepreneurs go from one to another as the year passes and your company grows.
Networking Opportunities
Engage with thought leaders, industry pioneers, and fellow entrepreneurs in a series of networking events designed to spark collaboration and inspire new business ideas.
Innovative Showcases
Discover cutting-edge products and services that new and stablished local small businesses have to display and offer.
Educational Materials
Financial statements, business plans or pitch deck templates, pdf editing software, etc. entrepreneurs need a seeming less list of tools to assist and support their business. We have organizations and mentors in the state that have them available, for free (or incredibly cheap).
Investors’ and Organizations’ Pitches or Panel Interviews
With interactive sessions and collaborative forums, participants gain practical insights and forge meaningful connections that last beyond the event.
Classes & Workshops
Learn from experts through workshops and seminars that cover crucial topics such as how to file your business license, venture funding, digital marketing, sustainable business practices, and other subjects entrepreneurs request when submitting the survey.
Your entrepreneurial “Whish List” completed-ish
Long story short: at the end of the week, you will know what you need, where to find it, and when to access it.
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Pricing & Registration
Even some specific events may have a cost, here are the prices for the passes:
1 Day Pass
- Conference Seats
- Coffee Breaks
- Lunch
- Workshops
- Papers
2 Day Pass
- Conference Seats
- Coffee Breaks
- Lunch
- Workshops
- Papers
5 Day Pass
- Conference Seats
- Coffee Breaks
- Lunch
- Workshops
- Papers
aren’t these prices great?
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