Alexander Coon has been introduced as the brand new Nebraska Enterprise Improvement Heart (NBDC) heart director for the South Panhandle area, based mostly in Scottsbluff on the College of Nebraska Panhandle Analysis & Extension Heart. Coon’s function will contain offering no-cost enterprise consulting companies for small enterprise homeowners and entrepreneurs in Scottsbluff, Banner, Kimball, Morrill, Cheyenne, Backyard, and Deul counties who’re in search of help with beginning, rising, or transitioning their corporations.

Coon’s place is a part of NBDC’s Small Enterprise Improvement Heart (SBDC) program, which gives a variety of confidential companies without charge, together with marketing strategy growth, monetary projections, and market analysis. Coon expressed his pleasure in regards to the alternative to help companies within the space and highlighted the worth of NBDC’s virtually 50-year historical past in offering no-cost help to Nebraska’s entrepreneurs and enterprise homeowners.

The Small Enterprise Improvement Heart program is simply one of many 5 NBDC applications that provide help to Nebraska entrepreneurs in varied methods. In 2022, NBDC consultants assisted over 2,000 enterprise homeowners in Nebraska, leading to an financial affect of $343.8 million by means of job creation, enterprise investments, gross sales will increase, and authorities contract awards. NBDC, based mostly on the College of Nebraska at Omaha, operates places of work throughout the state to offer their companies.

Coon, who hails from Western Nebraska, holds a Grasp of Enterprise Administration from Chadron State Faculty. With a background in accounting and a robust observe document of supporting neighborhood progress, Coon is thought to be the best particular person to help entrepreneurs and enterprise homeowners within the Scottsbluff space. Tony Schultz, state director of NBDC’s SBDC program, expressed confidence in Coon’s potential to shortly set up himself because the go-to useful resource for business-related inquiries within the space.

Enterprise homeowners and entrepreneurs thinking about accessing NBDC’s companies can discover extra data at nbdc.unomaha.edu. Coon is accessible for appointments and may be contacted at 308.218.8382 or alexandercoon@unomaha.edu.