These are some of the students in the last  Six-Week Business Start-Up class conducted by Sitka Works, February-March 2008, along with instructor, Sheila Finkenbinder. Back: John Bruce Ragsdale, Kathryn Winslow, Cullen Davis, Frea Hillaire, Steve Johnson and Patrick Kane. Front: Ann Wilkinson, Crystal Cotchay, Sheila, Grace Larsen, Julie Roller and Kathy Paden

Pictured above are the students in the Fall 2007 "Six-Week Business Start-Up" class.
Back row from left, Clara Benson, Robi Craig, STA Employment and Education Director, Robert Neilson, Darrell Windsor, and a guest.  Middle row, Karin Williams, Kerry MacLane, Sheila Finkenbinder, and Shelly Keely.  Front row standing, Linda Davidson, John Paul Jr., and Linda Wilson.   Kneeling, Melissa Wentzell, Frea Hillaire, STA Coordinator, and Stan Brent.

Pictured above are students in our February 2007 “Six-Week Business Start-Up” class.
From upper left: Sheila Finkenbinder, Sitka Works lead instructor, Alice Titell, Rachel Roy, STA coordinator, Denise Roy, Frea Merculief, Robert Baines, Monica Ballesteroz, and Andy Holt. Sitting, from left, Diana Burton, Jackie Stewart, Juneau Small Business Development Center guest instructor, Chasady Didrickson, Tonia Rioux, and Roy Levine.

While in Sitka, Jackie Stewart, Juneau Small Business Development Center Director, offered workshops on "Starting Up a Business" and "Financing Your Business".

Business workshops covered topics such as: Marketing, Bookkeeping, Business planning, Employment laws, Negotiating skills, Manufacturing issues, and Taxes.