Entrepreneur Alaska is an online publication dedicated to celebrating the vast amount of entrepreneurial talent, creativity and cleverness in the great North. There are so many fascinating, industrious Alaskans turning their creativity, skills and passions into business. We want to showcase the work of those bold enough to put their ideas into action, celebrate their success and perhaps even inspire others.

Who We Are:

Meghan McCausland
Publisher

Meghan’s bylines have appeared in publications such as Alaska Business Monthly, Alaska Visitor’s Guide, Alaska Pulse, Seattle Bicycle Paper and more. She has worked for the Anchorage Daily News and volunteered for F Magazine. Meghan has Bachelor of Arts in English from Trinity Western University in British Columbia. She loves to ski and truly enjoys the telling of a good tale. She came to Alaska on a post-college, year-long adventure but never left.

Annette Potter
Editor-in-Chief

Annette is a visual journalist, graphic designer and photographer in Anchorage, Alaska. Annette’s designs and copy edits have appeared in Alaska Newspapers, First Alaskans magazine, the Anchorage Daily News, the Idaho Statesman, Tri-City Herald and the Moscow-Pullman Daily News. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Communication with a journalism emphasis from the Murrow School of Communication at Washington State University. She likes leisurely bike rides with her family, journalism movies and blog surfing. She transplanted to Anchorage in 2008 for just a year and three years later has roots.

Brielle Schaeffer
Staff Reporter

Brielle Schaeffer is a reporter for the Jackson News & Guide in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Alaskan at heart, Brielle grew up in Eagle River. Prior to the News & Guide, Brielle was a staff reporter for the Peninsula Clarion in Kenai and the Valdez Star. She has won multiple awards from the Alaska Press Club. Graduate of Washington State University’s Murrow School of Communication, Brielle wrote a regular column for her student newspaper and hosted a radio show while in school.

Wyoming Telford
Photographer and Reporter

Wyoming is a professional photographer, web geek and serial blogger. Wyoming attended the prestigious Brooks Institute of Photography and has lived and worked extensively in New York City, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Seattle and now Alaska. Her work has graced the cover of Dancer Magazine and has been featured in Mix Magazine and Frontiers Magazine. Additionally Wyoming has photographed lookbooks for designers Candice Held, 3Free and Sarah Van Everah. She has worked with organizations such as AWAIC, Object Runway, ICGA, NextAid, Roots and MUD Cosmetics. Wyoming continues to see her work used for corporate websites, advertisements, artist promotion and portfolios and is currently at work on a new art series.  When not glued to the computer or obsessively shooting with one of her many cameras, Wyoming likes to make up her own lyrics to songs, play dress-up, roller skate and drink wine – but thankfully not at the same time!

Katie Dorsey
Copy Editor

You might not see Katie’s name in an Entrepreneur Alaska byline, but she’s hard at work finessing stories and putting commas in their proper places. Katie is a sports writer/copy editor/page designer/web guru at the Tri-City Herald in Kennewick, Wash. Before the Herald, she worked at the Sacramento Bee and (Minneapolis) Star Tribune. She cut her journalistic teeth as a student editor/entertainment writer at The Daily Evergreen at Washington State University. Katie is studying accounting, and she likes to finish her homework ahead of schedule so she has more time to spend with her husband, Jake, and their kitten, Simon Le Cat. She also loves music, particularly that of the early ’80s. Her favorite albums are Prince and the Revolution’s “Purple Rain” and Duran Duran’s “Rio,” but she has been known to belt out some Rihanna or Beyonce at karaoke nights.