From Idea To Decisions: Exploring Business Ownership
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Business Support Resources
GRAB YOUR BUSINESS RESOURCES HERESouthwest Minnesota Coalition for Small Business Development
Use these partners to explore your idea, work through the numbers, and find support for your next business decision.
Dakota Finance Corporation
39527 Reservation Highway 2
Morton, MN 56270
Phone: (507) 466-2850
Dakota Finance Corporation is a Native-led, community-rooted nonprofit financial institution established by the Lower Sioux Indian Community. DFC expands access to capital, credit-building resources, financial education, and business support using a relationship-based approach grounded in the needs and opportunities of Native communities.
How they can help. Business financing, credit building, financial education, and connections to resources that support business ownership and economic opportunity.
Southwest Minnesota SBDC
1164 Benjamin Avenue SE
Hutchinson, Minnesota 55350
Phone: (507) 537-7386
The Southwest Minnesota SBDC provides confidential, no-cost business assistance to entrepreneurs and small business owners. SBDC consultants can help with business planning, financial projections, financing, marketing, market research, and other decisions involved in starting, improving, or growing a business.
How they can help. Complete the online Request for Services, and an SBDC consultant will be assigned to work with you one-on-one.Â
Request services:
https://mnsbdc.ecenterdirect.com/signup
Department of Public Transformation
726 Prentice Street
Granite Falls, MN 56241
Phone: (320) 204-6629
Department of Public Transformation is a nonprofit organization that supports stronger rural communities through creative strategies, civic engagement, and connection-building. DoPT helps entrepreneurs, local leaders, and communities turn ideas into action by creating spaces, programs, and partnerships that strengthen participation, local opportunity, and long-term community vitality.
How they can help. Creative community and business support, peer networks, rural resource connections, and programs such as Activate Rural, Engage Rural, and Ignite Rural.
Kandiyohi County Economic Development
1601 U.S. Highway 12 E
Willmar, MN 56201
Phone: (320) 235-7370
Kandiyohi County Economic Development (KCED) helps prospective and existing business owners start, grow, and succeed in Kandiyohi County. KCED connects entrepreneurs with business-planning resources, financial assistance, technical assistance, networking, training, and other local and regional support. Its business resources support both future business owners and businesses ready to grow.Â
How they can help. Business start-up and expansion assistance, financing resources, technical assistance, networking, business education, and connections to community resources.
Southwest Initiative Foundation
15 3rd Avenue NW
Hutchinson, MN 55350
Phone: (â€320) 587-4848‬
Southwest Initiative Foundation is a nonprofit community foundation serving Southwest Minnesota and a longtime partner to entrepreneurs and small businesses. Its economic-development work includes business financing, technical assistance, training, and connections to other resources that can help businesses launch, grow, and improve.
How they can help. Business financing, financial and business-planning assistance, accounting and operations support, marketing assistance, and connections to other lenders and business-development resources. Â
Take Your Next Step
Start with the partner that best fits your needs, or reach out to more than one. Bring your business idea, preliminary numbers, and the questions you still need to answer.
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The State of Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) funded in part this training through a grant. The grant recipient created this training. DEED does not endorse this publicity or training or make guarantees, warranties, or assurances of any kind, express or implied, regarding the accuracy, completeness, timeliness, usefulness, adequacy, continued availability or ownership of the information herein or elsewhere.
