Getting Down To Business®

PROGRAMGetting Down to Business® with David Weatherholt Broadcast Saturday’s 9-10 am (AKDT) 95.50 FM & AM 1020 KOAN Anchorage - Stream: www.1020koan.com/or www.waconsult.com.  Join Getting Down to Business® on Facebook or join Dave’s LinkedIn group and follow Dave on Twitter at WAConsult. IN THE NEWSIt’s Not Rocket ScienceRead Dave’s economic analysis of the US economy July 2011.  Read article @ www.WaConsult.com PROGRAM TOPICMike Heatwole, VP of Public Affairs for The Pebble Partnership joins Dave and Amanda Cullen to discuss The Pebble Partnership.  The Pebble deposit is one of most significant discoveries of copper, gold and molybdenum in the world.  With demand for these commodities at an all time high, the economic impact in the billions of dollars, and the creation of thousands of high paying jobs in a high unemployment area, why does this project have opposition?  Mike tells the story from the Partnerships side.  Supported by facts and ongoing analysis Mike also reveals an emotional side to this

PROGRAMGetting Down to Business® with David Weatherholt Broadcast Saturday’s 9-10 am (AKDT) 95.50 FM & AM 1020 KOAN Anchorage - Stream: www.1020koan.com/or www.waconsult.com.  Join Getting Down to Business® on Facebook or follow Dave on Twitter at WAConsult. IN THE NEWSBad News, More Bad News, and Worse NewsThe release of the Gross Domestic for @Q 2011 was release last Friday.  The second quarter “advance estimate” was an abysmal 1.3%.  Listen as Dave reveals more bad news, the worst news and his grade on the economy.  Read More in “Its’ Not Rocket Science” @ www.WaConsult.com PROGRAM TOPICThe 27th session of The Alaska State Legislature lasted 90 day and then reconvened for another 71 days in a “Special Session”.  Representative Chris Tuck provided us with updates on both of these sessions.  Listen as he shares his vision for the State of Alaska and find out why he is Dave’s favorite Democrat.  Questions or Comments send an email to Rep Tuck rep.chris.tuck@legis.state.ak.us or David@waconsult.com. ALA

PROGRAMGetting Down to Business® with David Weatherholt Broadcast Saturday’s 9-10 am (AKDT) 95.50 FM & AM 1020 KOAN Anchorage Stream: www.1020koan.com/or www.waconsult.com.  Join Getting Down to Business® on Facebook or follow Dave on Twitter at WAConsult.IN THE NEWSSmall-Business Owners Registering Vote of ‘No Confidence’ in the Federal GovernmentBill Dunkelberg, Economist says that “Between the deluge of new regulations and a Washington policy agenda that is largely ignorant of Main Street needs, stubbornly low consumer spending, and grave concern among small firms about the federal budget, there is not much to be optimistic about as a small-business owner.  Read Full Article @ www.WaConsult.com PROGRAM TOPICChris Pobieglo sitting in for Dave talks with Anchorage entrepreneur Chad Culley one of the founders of Crush Wine Bistro & Cellar talks about starting a restaurant.  Listen as Chad talks about employees, team building, customers, the economy, and what wakes him up at 3:00 am.  For more inform

PROGRAMGetting Down to Business® with David Weatherholt Broadcast Saturday’s 9-10 am (AKDT) 95.50 FM & AM 1020 KOAN Anchorage Stream: www.1020koan.com/or www.waconsult.com.  Join Getting Down to Business® on Facebook or follow Dave on Twitter at WAConsult. IN THE NEWSMain Street Desperately in Search of Reasons to be PositiveNFIB’s monthly Small-Business Optimism Index dropped one tenth of a point (0.1) in June, settling at 90.8, an unsurprising reading, unchanged from the previous month and solidly in recession territory.  Read Full Article @ www.WaConsult.com Techniques are not tools and Customer Relations Management (CRM) software is a tool to help your sales staff to be more effective.  Back when I first started in sales (sold printing for 18 years) we used 3’ x 5’ Client cards, Daily sales sheets and Weekly sales forms a manual system designed to track contacts with customers and potential customers.  CRM automates the client tracking process and provides much more sales help.  Listen as Andre Hor

PROGRAMGetting Down to Business® with David Weatherholt Broadcast Saturday’s 9-10 am (AKDT) 95.50 FM & AM 1020 KOAN Anchorage – AM 1330 KXLJ Juneau Stream: www.1020koan.com/or www.waconsult.com.  Join Getting Down to Business® on Facebook or follow Dave on Twitter at WAConsult. IN THE NEWSContractors Survey: New EPA Rule to Increase CostsHome-renovation businesses expect a federal ruling proposed last month to increase operating costs and dampen sales, according to a recently released survey.  This survey is a great example of government regulation impacting small business.  Read Full Article @ www.WaConsult.com. PROGRAM TOPICWhat is an entrepreneur?  If you said a person who assembles the factors of production, raises capital, organizes management, makes policy decisions, and reaps the gains of success or the losses of failure you would be correct.  The short answer anyone who risks everything to start a business.  Steve Volz left a good job with a steady paycheck and benefits to pursue the dream of own

PROGRAMGetting Down to Business® with David Weatherholt Broadcast Saturday’s 9-10 am (AKDT) 95.50 FM & AM 1020 KOAN Anchorage – AM 1330 KXLJ Juneau Stream: www.1020koan.com/or www.waconsult.com.  Join Getting Down to Business® on Facebook or follow Dave on Twitter at WAConsult. IN THE NEWSOutlook Grows Bleak on Main StreetIn the eyes of the average small business, the U.S. economy is still in a recession and likely to stay that way through 2012.  A new survey, commissioned by the U.S. Bancorp one of several reports out in recent weeks painting a more dismal picture for American small businesses than previously perceived.  Read Full Article @ www.WaConsult.com. PROGRAM TOPICThe American reserve banking system evolved from Goldsmiths.  In most early towns the only vault belonged to the Goldsmith who began holding the valuables and money of others in the community.  Today’s bank lending evolved from these practices.  Andy Riddell, VP at Wells Fargo talks about the banks side of the lending process includi

PROGRAM Getting Down to Business® with David Weatherholt Broadcast Saturday’s 9-10 am (AKDT) 95.50 FM & AM 1020 KOAN Anchorage – AM 1330 KXLJ Juneau Stream: www.1020koan.com/or www.waconsult.com. Join Getting Down to Business® on Facebook or follow Dave on Twitter at WAConsult.   IN THE NEWS Consumer Spending Remains Weak: Small Business Optimism Dips Lower in May. For the third consecutive month, NFIB’s Small Business Optimism Index fell.  While the drop was slight—.3 points, with the index settling at 90.9 in May.  The index makes clear that optimism is moving in the wrong direction.  The NFIB Research Foundation has collected Small Business Economic Trends data with quarterly surveys since 1974 and monthly surveys since 1986.  Survey respondents are drawn from NFIB's membership.  Read Full Article @ www.WaConsult.com   TOPIC The Seattle economy tanked in the early 1970’s due to a severe economic downturn at Boeing.  Thousands of people lost their jobs and an amusing billboard said “Will the last pers

PROGRAM Getting Down to Business® with David Weatherholt Broadcast Saturday’s 9-10 am (AKDT) 95.50 FM & AM 1020 KOAN Anchorage – AM 1330 KXLJ Juneau Stream: www.1020koan.com/or www.waconsult.com. Join Getting Down to Business® on Facebook or follow Dave on Twitter at WAConsult.   IN THE NEWS Uptick in Loans Could Aid Business Two crucial forms of bank lending that remained stubbornly weak are finally showing signs of life, another indicator that the credit crisis is on the mend.  This uptick could help businesses expand and reduce unemployment listen to the summary.  Read Full Article @ www.WaConsult.com or www.wsj.com.   TOPIC An entrepreneur is a person who wants to change the future.  Change involves more than talk.  The vision must be followed by action.  Following that vision is at great risk.  There is the risk of failure a damaged reputation, the loss of time, and money.  Listen as Dave describes what it took to follow his vision of a professional football team, Alaska Wild, in Anchorage.  Contact

PROGRAM Getting Down to Business® with David Weatherholt Broadcast Saturday’s 9-10 am (AKDT) 95.50 FM & AM 1020 KOAN Anchorage – AM 1330 KXLJ Juneau Stream: www.1020koan.com/or www.waconsult.com. Join Getting Down to Business® on Facebook or follow Dave on Twitter at WAConsult.   IN THE NEWS Economic News Summary May 2011 The US economy is still the largest single-nation economy in the world at$14.2 trillion, as measured by gross domestic product.  It is still bigger then the next three largest economies combine.  Consider what would happen if we put-the-pedal-to-the-metal economically.  Instead of just limping along, we could set the world on fire economically and in the words of John F Kennedy, “A rising tide lifts all boats.”  Listen and find out what grade Dave gives the US economy.  Read Full Article @ www.WaConsult.com   TOPIC The American Heart Association began branding itself officially in 1948 with a network radio contest called the “The Walking Man.  Today the American Heat Association is rec

PROGRAM Getting Down to Business® with David Weatherholt Broadcast Saturday’s 9-10 am (AKDT) 95.50 FM & AM 1020 KOAN Anchorage – AM 1330 KXLJ Juneau Stream: www.1020koan.com/or www.waconsult.com. Join Getting Down to Business® on Facebook or follow Dave on Twitter at WAConsult.     IN THE NEWS Small Business Fight IRS Over Data The Internal Revenue Service is moving aggressively to collect more taxes from small businesses.  It is telling companies being audited to turn over exact copies of the electronic records kept in their business-software programs. The IRS wants you QuickBooks files.  Read Full Article @ Wall Street Journal   TOPIC Success in anything that works well requires Vision, Dedication, luck and a great plan.  Join Dave as he talks about the subject he knows well “business planning”.  A well written business plan will not guarantee the success of your business start-up, it will improve the long odds.  Listen, as David Weatherholt you business authority reveals the art of writing a business

PROGRAM Getting Down to Business® with David Weatherholt Broadcast Live Friday's 2-3 pm (AKST) 95.50 FM & AM 1020 KOAN Anchorage – AM 1330 KXLJ Juneau Stream: www.1020koan.com/or www.waconsult.com. Join Getting Down to Business® on Facebook or follow Dave on Twitter at WAConsult.   TITLE Produced In Alaska (Council of Alaska Producers)   IN THE NEWS Small-Business Optimism on the Wane: Optimism Index Dips for Second Consecutive Month The Nation Federation of Independent Business (NIFB) has tracked business optimism since 1976 making this a reliable measurement of business optimism.  The month of April marked a second consecutive month of decline in small business optimism.  Read Full Article @ www.waconsult.com   TOPIC San Francisco, Denver, and Seattle have much in common.  Plenty of social amenities, fine dining, shopping, cultural and arts carters, and professional level sports teams.  They also create lots of jobs with vibrant and diverse economies.  When they were fledgling communities mining gave t

PROGRAM Getting Down to Business® with David Weatherholt Broadcast Live Friday's 2-3 pm (AKST) 95.50 FM & AM 1020 KOAN Anchorage – AM 1330 KXLJ Juneau Stream: www.1020koan.com/or www.waconsult.com. Join Getting Down to Business® on Facebook or follow Dave on Twitter at WAConsult.   TITLE A Great Bunch of Characters   IN THE NEWS Crowd-Fund Sites Eye Boom Social-networking sites that link entrepreneurs to pools of money.  Security & Exchange Commission (SEC) considers allowing equity stakes on crowd-fund sites.  This could be a great source of funding for small businesses, says Dave.   TOPIC Kimberley Gray and Elisa Hitchcock met 14 years ago working on murder mystery dinners starting Outcast Productions, LLC.  Today, their part time business with expanded services is thriving.  Listen and learn from their business story.  Visit Kimberley & Elisa @ www.outcastporductions.com     Go It Alone Geoff Burch is in rare form on his “Go It Alone” segment.  Listen as Geoff gives business advice to Kimberley

PROGRAM Getting Down to Business® with David Weatherholt Broadcast Live Friday's 2-3 pm (AKST) 95.50 FM & AM 1020 KOAN Anchorage – AM 1330 KXLJ Juneau Stream: www.1020koan.com/or www.waconsult.com. Join Getting Down to Business® on Facebook or follow Dave on Twitter at WAConsult.   TITLE Legislative Update – 90 Days & Counting   IN THE NEWS Economic News Summary April 2011 Price of a new suit and gold historically has been the same.  Dave talks about his article on the economy and the impact of rising commodity prices.  Listen to find out Dave’s current grade on the economy   TOPIC The 27th Legislative Session was scheduled to run for 90 day starting January 18th and officially ended on April 17th.  Starting on April 18th the Legislature went into special session and while Representative Tuck was originally scheduled to give a session wrap-up he gave an update.  Listen to Representative Chris Tuck from HD 29 talk about the session and predict the end of the special session.  Visit the Alaska State Leg

PROGRAM Getting Down to Business® with David Weatherholt Broadcast Live Friday's 2-3 pm (AKST) 95.50 FM & AM 1020 KOAN Anchorage – AM 1330 KXLJ Juneau Stream: www.1020koan.com/or www.waconsult.com. Join Getting Down to Business® on Facebook or follow Dave on Twitter at WAConsult.   TITLE Building Wealth Trough Real Estate   IN THE NEWS 3 Ways to Maintain Positive Cash Flow in a Down Economy Dave gives a summary of an article on cash flow the life blood of a business.  Focus on creating annuity revenue is one of the tips.  Listen to learn more.   TOPIC The domestic real estate market is in difficulty.  Winston Churchill said that an optimist “sees opportunity in every difficulty.  Find out how Dee Thomas and Jeff Greenberg managing partners in a company called Synergetic Investment Group, LLC look for opportunity in the real estate market.  Visit Dee & Jeff @ www.synergeticig.com   Alaska Economics Dan Robinson, Senior Economist with the McDowell Group discusses the commercial real estate markets in A

PROGRAM Getting Down to Business® with David Weatherholt Broadcast Live Friday's 2-3 pm (AKST) 95.50 FM & AM 1020 KOAN Anchorage – AM 1330 KXLJ Juneau Stream: www.1020koan.com/or www.waconsult.com. Join Getting Down to Business® on Facebook or follow Dave on Twitter at WAConsult.   TITLE Social Media Unwrapped   IN THE NEWS What 1099 Reporting Rule Repeal Means to Small Business The comprehensive health care reform bill (Obama care) expanded 1099 reporting to include all B-2-B transaction that exceeds $600 per year.  Dave talks about the bullet small business owners dodged with the repeal of this provision. .   TOPIC Courtney Brooke Smith, Principal of Courtney Brooke Smith MBA Consulting talk about your businesses Cyber Market.  Conversations taking place on social media networks can either build or erode your business.  Courtney discusses reasons why you need to understand you “Cyber Market.  Visit Courtney @ www.matsumarketing.com

PROGRAM Getting Down to Business® with David Weatherholt Broadcast Live Friday's 2-3 pm (AKST) 95.50 FM & AM 1020 KOAN Anchorage – AM 1330 KXLJ Juneau Stream: www.1020koan.com/or www.waconsult.com. Join Getting Down to Business® on Facebook or follow Dave on Twitter at WAConsult.   TITLE Anchorage Tourism 2011   IN THE NEWS Hiring Up, But Optimism Down in March The Index of Small Business Optimism fell again in March.  This index has been tracked by the National Federation of Independent Business since 1976 making it a great measure of business optimism.  According to the NFIB chief economist “Today’s recession-level reading is, all in all, a real disappointment”.      TOPIC Julie Saupe, President, and CEO of the Anchorage Convention & Visitors Bureau join’s Dave to talk about the upcoming visitor season in Anchorage.  Julie also discusses their volunteer program and its role in assisting visitors by matching them to services and tours.  Visit Julie @ www.anchorage.net     Business Risk Management The

PROGRAM Getting Down to Business® with David Weatherholt Broadcast Live Friday's 2-3 pm (AKST) 95.50 FM & AM 1020 KOAN Anchorage – AM 1330 KXLJ Juneau Stream: www.1020koan.com/or www.waconsult.com. Join Getting Down to Business® on Facebook or follow Dave on Twitter at WAConsult.   TITLE The Business Side of the Food Bank   IN THE NEWS Funding a New Business with a 401(k) Do you want to start a business but need funding?  There is a little known IRS ruling that allows you to use your 401(k) without paying early-withdrawal penalties.  The process called a Rollover as Business Startup (ROBS) listen for details.    TOPIC Susannah Morgan with an MBA from Boston University talks about how she came to be involved in hunger issues.  Susannah talks about her journey to become Executive Director of Alaska’s Food Bank and further talks about the business model of the organization.  Visit Susannah Morgan @ www.foodbankofalaska.org

PROGRAM Getting Down to Business® with David Weatherholt Broadcast Live Friday's 2-3 pm (AKST) 95.50 FM & AM 1020 KOAN Anchorage – AM 1330 KXLJ Juneau Stream: www.1020koan.com/or www.waconsult.com. Join Getting Down to Business® on Facebook or follow Dave on Twitter at WAConsult.   TITLE It Takes More than Good Food   IN THE NEWS Economic Confidence Slips in March How do you feel about the economic outlook?  Dave talks about the steep drop in “Gallup’s Economic Confidence Index” and his monthly how his economic grade.  It went from a C+ to a D+ in one month.   TOPIC Sal Addonisio (Chef Sal) and Dave discuss candidly the Food & Beverage industry in Anchorage.  Find out what it takes to be successful in the restaurant business.  Visit Chef Sal @ www.SALsNewYorkGrill.com   REGULAR SEGMENT “Marketing Matters” – Amanda Cullen, President, Zoo in a Jungle Marketing gives us an inside look at Facebook Advertising.  Learn from a professional how “Pay-Per-Click” can work for your business.  Visit Amanda @ www.

PROGRAM Getting Down to Business® with David Weatherholt Broadcast Live Friday's 2-3 pm (AKST) 95.50 FM & AM 1020 KOAN Anchorage – AM 1330 KXLJ Juneau Stream: www.1020koan.com/or www.waconsult.com. Join Getting Down to Business® on Facebook or follow Dave Twitter at WAConsult.   TITLE Everybody Loves Economic Development   IN THE NEWS Legislator Move to Extend Alaska film Tax Credit 10 Years Dave discusses, Alaska State Senator Johnny Ellie (D) Anchorage introduces HB 23 to extend “film tax credit” program.   TOPIC Dave Worrell a Development Specialist with the State of Alaska’s Division of Economic Development - Film Office discusses filming industry in Alaska.  Listen to Dave & Dave as they talk about the Film Office its history, benefits, and the tax credit that makes to whole program work.  Visit the Alaska Film Office @ http://www.film.alaska.gov.   REGULAR SEGMENT “Alaska Economics” – Dan Robinson, Senior Economist with the McDowell Group discusses the economic impact of Japan’s Earthquakes a

PROGRAM Getting Down to Business® with David Weatherholt Broadcast Live Friday's 2-3 pm (AKST) 95.50 FM & AM 1020 KOAN Anchorage – AM 1330 KXLJ Juneau Stream: www.1020koan.com/or www.WAConsult.com. Join Getting Down to Business® on Facebook or follow Dave Twitter at WAConsult.   TITLE Stone Horn Ridge   IN THE NEWS NFIB Small Business Optimism Index – Slow and Steady: Continues Gradual Rise in February The Index was up Dave discusses what the 94.5 rating means.   TOPIC Stone Horn is the approximate English translation of the Athabascan word for coal.  Ethan Schutt, Senior Vice President for Land and Energy Development at the Cook Inlet Regional Incorporated (CIRI) and is leading his company in the development of the first large commercially viable Underground Coal Gasification (UGC) Project in the US.  Ethan provides a glimpse at how the process works and the potential economic benefits associated with this UGC.  Visit the Stone Horn Ridge website at http://StoneHornRidge.com.   REGULAR SEGMENT “Busine