Do you or someone you know have an idea or dream to own a business? The Path To Prosperity (P2P) competition supports innovative business plan ideas in Southeast Alaska. The 2015 P2P business plan development competition is now open. In round one, applicants must submit an “Apply to Compete” registration form and a description of the business concept.

Path To Prosperity is a collaboration between the Nature Conservancy (Alaska)and Haa Aaní, LLC.

One requirement of the application is that the business concept must be located in Southeast Alaska. “P2P applicants can be existing businesses or start-ups, but do not need to submit a business plan in the first round of the application process,” said Alana Peterson, Haa Aaní, LLC competition administrator. “We want to make the process as straight forward as possible.”

P2P partner, the University of Alaska Southeast School of Management will award each of the 12 finalists a scholarship to attend one (3 credit) course of their choice at the School of Management.
2015 Path To Prosperity Timeline

• March 17, 2015 – Application Period Opens
• April 30, 2015 – Webinar
• May 31, 2015 – Applications Due
• July 7, 2015 – Announce Top 12 Semifinalists
• September 18 – 20, 2015 – Boot Camp Weekend in Juneau
• December 1, 2015 – Business Plan Submission Deadline
• January 29, 2016 –Two Winners Announced

P2P recently announced three finalists for the 2014 competition: Port Chilkoot Distillery (Heather Shade and Sean Copeland), Fairweather Ski Works (Ian Seward and Grahm Kraft), and Coppa (Mark Wheeler and Jessica Paris).

The P2P competition is open to all Southeast Alaska residents. This includes individuals, for-profit businesses and tribal entities.

To apply or learn more please visit www.p2pweb.org.

Contact

Alana Peterson
Economic Development Coordinator
Haa Aaní, LLC
Cell: 907-209-7352
Office: 907-747-3132