Northwest SBDC

Do you want to start or grow a business in Northwest Minnesota? The business experts at the Northwest Small Business Development Center are here to support you!

We provide free information, no-cost confidential counseling and one-on-one support to start, build, and grow your business. Making your business strong makes our community stronger.

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With our support, you’ll gain the mentorship, strategic connections, and valuable resources you need for your business to move ahead.

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Can you help me start a business?

We understand that starting a small business in Minnesota is not a single decision, but a series of them. Each is an important step on the road to a successful launch.

We offer the following small business education services to get you started and grow your business:

financial projections
loan packaging
accounting and record-keeping
market analysis
market research
strategic marketing
workshops on starting a business and other topics
business planning
strategic planning

Can you help me grow my business?

We can assist you in growing your business through diversification, franchising, merges and acquisitions, market focus, new markets, new technology and more.

It’s time to take your small business to the next level by managing and nurturing it with knowledge, discipline, problem-solving skills, determination and stamina. Growing your company requires skillful management of finances, inventories, employees, marketing, sales, customers and growth.

The Northwest SBDC has experts who can provide information, business templates and tools to help keep your business running smoothly and position you for future success.

We offer areas of consulting and services to take your business to the next level: