ANCHORAGE (Your Alaska Link) – It’s been a week filled with government visitors across Alaska. SBA administrator Isabella Guzman helped cut the ribbon on Anchorage’s new Alaska Veterans Business Outreach Center.
Starting a business as a veteran could be a bit intimidating, but after Thursday’s event, that might all change. The Veterans Business Outreach Center has expanded to Alaska, giving veterans the resources they need to start their own businesses. Guzman, along with many others, cut the ribbon marking the beginning. Fabre Fontenot is retiring from the Air Force after 14 years and is looking to open a business of her own.
“This definitely means a lot, especially I’m looking to go into entrepreneurship, and I wasn’t really too sure if the military had a program or something like that,” Fontenot said.
And what might that business be that she wants to open?
“I’m looking to start a seafood restaurant …