North Iowa Area Small Business Development Center
The North Iowa Area Small Business Development Center has been serving the counties of North Iowa since 1985. We are one of 13 centers in the Iowa SBDC network. Our office is located in the Pappajohn Business and Entrepreneurial Center on the Campus of North Iowa Area Community College in Mason City. Our address, phone and fax numbers are at the bottom of this page.
Owning a small business calls for vision, determination and all the sound expertise you can find. The SBDC can guide you down the road to success with:
- One-on-one counseling by qualified professionals
- 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
SBDCs are a program supported by the U. S. Small Business Administration and extended to the public on a non-discriminatory basis. SBA cannot endorse any products, opinions or services of any external parties or activities.
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. Our center's host is North Iowa Area Community College.
Because 97.5% of Iowa's businesses are small businesses (fewer than 500 employees), the SBDCs face a monumental task in assisting them. Yet Iowa SBDC results are extraordinary. According to an independent study by Dr. James Chrisman of the University of Mississippi, over the past 6 years long-term clients assisted by the Iowa SBDCs achieved the following:
- Generation of 7,692 new jobs
- Production of $462,600,000 in incremental sales
- Securing of $290,600,000 in financing.
For valuable information about the Iowa SBDC and other business assistance, go to www.iowasbdc.org.
Workshops and Seminars:
Other valuable sites include the following:
Secretary of State
Internal Revenue Service
Iowa Department of Revenue
Contact us at:
North Iowa Area Small Business Development
Center
500 College Drive, Mason City, IA 50401
Ted Bair, Director - E-mail:
bairted@niacc.edu
Phone: 641-422-4342 or 1-888-GO NIACC ext. 4342
Fax: 641-422-4129
Funded in part through a cooperative agreement
with the U.S. Small Business Administration.