About the Iowa Western SBDC
The Iowa SBDCs serve all 99 counties with the highest quality assistance for businesses with 500 or less employees Services include:
- One-on-one counseling by qualified profrssionals
- A variety of learning opportunities, including workshops, classes, on-line assistance and publications and other resources
- Connections to other service providers, federal, state and local resources, sources of capital and similar assistance for small businesses
Iowa's SBDCs are partially funded by the U.S. Small Business Administration
via a contract with Iowa State University, Ames. The State Center
is headquartered in ISU's new Gerdin Business Building.
Additional funding is provided by the State of Iowa. Support for regional
centers is provided by SBDC host institutions and contributed funds. Hosts
across the state include public and private universities, community colleges
and a chamber of commerce.
Because 97.5% of Iowa's businesses are small, the SBDCs face a monumental
task. Yet Iowa SBDC results are extraordinary. According to an independent
study by James Chrisman at the University of Mississippi, over the past 5
years, SBDC long-term counseling assisted businesses achieved the following:
- Generation of 4,006 in new jobs
- Production of $237,500,000 in incremental sales
- Securing of $219,200,000 in financing
- For valuable information about the Iowa SBDCs and other business assistance, the web site at http://www.iabusnet.org can be of value.
- Other valuable sites include the following: