2007 Finalists

Alaska Marketplace received 306 eligible Business Idea Applications from across the state. 37% were from Southcentral Alaska, 32% from Western Alaska, 11% from the Southeast, 8% from the Arctic region, 9% from the Interior and 3% from the Aleutian Islands. Nearly equal numbers of men and women applied, with 48% of applications submitted by women and 52% by men. Alaska Natives submitted 63% of the applications, with 37% coming in from non-Native Alaskans.

The 65 finalists below have been selected to advance to the next round of the 2007 Alaska Marketplace competition:

AM200120 ~ 40 Below Ink ~ Barbara Farris ~ Fairbanks

AM200074 ~ Airport Pizza ~ Geraldine Omter ~ Nome

AM200026 ~ Aksik Heat Distribution System AHDS ~ Edmon Apassingok ~ Gambell

AM200183 ~ Alaska Educational Tours, LLC ~ N. Jill Wheeler & Tonia Gilkey ~ Anchorage

AM200037 ~ Alaska Glacial Mud Co. ~ Lauren Padawer ~ Cordova

AM200124 ~ Alaska Racing Tours ~ Axel & Kathleen Svenson ~ Ketchikan

AM200097 ~ Alaskan Pride Seafoods ~ John Skan ~ Klawock

AM200098 ~ Alutiiq Pride Salmon Bake ~ Tim Anderson ~ Anchorage

AM200189 ~ Animal House, Animal Boarding, Grooming and Pet Supply Store ~ Sandra Morgan ~ Nome

AM200129 ~ Arrnacagaq's Calinguaqs ~ Annie Fritze ~ Dillingham

AM200039 ~ ArXotica, Inc. ~ Michelle (Macuar) Sparck ~ Bethel

AM200192 ~ Beaver Creations ~ Anna Beaver ~ Juneau

AM200077 ~ Bennett's Tlingit Art ~ George J. Bennett Sr ~ Sitka

AM200194 ~ Benson's Snowmobile & ATV Repair ~ Clifford F. Benson ~ Barrow

AM200204 ~ Cindy's Cooperative Kitchen ~ Cindy Roque ~ Dillingham

AM200205 ~ Community Cold Storage ~ Dune Lankard ~ Cordova

AM200100 ~ Copper River Adventure Tours ~ Michelle Anderson ~ Anchorage

AM200101 ~ Dineega Specialty Furs ~ Diana R. Burton ~ Sitka

AM200213 ~ Eco-Tourism ~ Morris Alstrom ~ Anchorage

AM200015 ~ First Catch Films ~ Christopher Ho ~ Bethel

AM200217 ~ Forget-Me-Not Alarms-Memory By Design ~ Sherri Adams ~ Juneau

AM200220 ~ Frontier Genomics Inc. ~ Derrek Faber ~ Auke Bay

AM200221 ~ Fur Hats & Kuspaks, Alaska ~ Martin Kelly ~ Pilot Station

AM200062 ~ Grease Trail Historical Tours and Transport ~ Walter G. Clayton Jr ~ Haines

AM200224 ~ Growing Wild! Copper River Salmon Soil ~ Kristin Smith ~ Cordova

AM200226 ~ Hanger 5 ~ Jay H. Wieler ~ Nome

AM200104 ~ Island Heritage Tours ~ Theresa Squartsoff ~ Ouzinkie

AM200086 ~ J&L Alaska Scenic Wilderness Adventures ~ Lydia McMullen ~ Port Graham

AM200071 ~ JD Sales & Service ~ John D. Bennis ~ Dillingham

AM200234 ~ Katmai Kayak LLC. ~ Damian Hill ~ Naknek

AM200149 ~ Kiita Adventures ~ Jason Evans ~ Anchorage

AM200237 ~ Kotzebue Alapaa Storage ~ Sam Hill ~ Anchorage

AM200150 ~ Koyukon Riversong ~ Audrey Bifelt ~ Huslia

AM200011 ~ Kulowiyi Ivory ~ Isaac Kulowiyi ~ Savoonga

AM200151 ~ Kuupiaq House ~ Karen (Ivanoff) Erickson ~ Unalakleet

AM200106 ~ NativeGrown ~ Samatha Gunes ~ Aniak

AM200004 ~ Nelson Island Arts and Crafts ~ Cecilia Frenzl ~ Delta Junction

AM200159 ~ Nikolski IRA Council ~ Tanya Kyle ~ Nikolski

AM200249 ~ Norm's Repair Service ~ Norman Pingayak ~ Chevak

AM200251 ~ Nunivak Arts & Crafts Phase 2 ~ John Oscar ~ Mekoryuk

AM200253 ~ One Man's Trash is Another Man's Treasure ~ Joseph A. Afcan ~ St Mary's

AM200161 ~ Pete's Treats ~ Peter Hoepfner ~ Cordova

AM200109 ~ Port Heiden Daycare ~ Larissa Christensen ~ Port Heiden

AM200034 ~ Premium Smoked Salmon from Marshall, Alaska ~ Aaron Stiassny ~ Anchorage

AM200257 ~ Raven Frog Fibers ~ Bobbi Daniels ~ Sitka

AM200111 ~ Rural Television Economic Development and Training Program ~ Dr. Dan Etulain ~ Sitka

AM200262 ~ Samantha's Harness ~ Samantha Silas ~ Fairbanks

AM200162 ~ Sensibile Heating ~ Ben Johnson ~ Petersburg

AM200165 ~ Sikuliaq's Digi-Photo ~ Frankie B. Myomick ~ St. Michael

AM200266 ~ Smallwood Creek Inc. ~ Florine R. Benson ~ Fairbanks

AM200066 ~ Soft Gold Furs ~ S. Roger Alexander ~ Ward Cove

AM200167 ~ Southeast Alaska Native Art Rural Competitive Advantage Project ~ Rosita Worl ~ Juneau

AM200055 ~ St. George Island Institute ~ Sally Merculief ~ St. George Island

AM200169 ~ Tava View Adventures ~ Karen E. Stickman ~ Eagle River

AM200271 ~ The Lodge at Black Rapids ~ Annie Hopper ~ Fairbanks

AM200274 ~ The Yukon Adventure Company ~ Jon & Tanya Korta ~ Galena

AM200281 ~ Tuxedni Berry Company ~ Caroline Lois Kroll ~ Anchorage

AM200282 ~ Uksurnarli Subsistence Farm ~ Elizabeth Ulu Tilden ~ Dillingham

AM200056 ~ Ulimaq Furniture ~ George Koontz ~ Stebbins

AM200057 ~ Unity Catering / Meals on Wheels Services ~ Sis. Barbie Baumgartner ~ North Pole

AM200284 ~ Universal Welding & Fabrication, Inc. ~ Tom V. Zimmerman Jr. ~ North Pole

AM200094 ~ Ways of my Ancestors; Earl Atchak & Co. ~ Earl F. Atchak ~ Chevak

AM200174 ~ Wild Alaskan Bilberry Processing ~ Fredrica Akpik ~ Nuiqsut

AM200287 ~ Wild Salmon Sausage ~ Tiffany Longan ~ Bethel

AM200175 ~ Winter Taxi ~ Walter "Sonney" Russell ~ Kotzebue