Alexander Coon Named as Director of South Panhandle NBDC Middle at Nebraska Enterprise Improvement Middle

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

Coon’s place is a part of NBDC’s Small Enterprise Improvement Middle (SBDC) program, which affords a variety of confidential providers for free of charge, together with marketing strategy improvement, monetary projections, and market analysis. Coon expressed his pleasure concerning the alternative to assist companies within the space and highlighted the worth of NBDC’s virtually 50-year historical past in offering no-cost assist to Nebraska’s entrepreneurs and enterprise house owners.

The Small Enterprise Improvement Middle program is simply one of many 5 NBDC packages that provide assist to Nebraska entrepreneurs in numerous methods. In 2022, NBDC consultants assisted over 2,000 enterprise house owners in Nebraska, leading to an financial influence of $343.8 million via job creation, enterprise investments, gross sales will increase, and authorities contract awards. NBDC, based mostly on the College of Nebraska at Omaha, operates workplaces throughout the state to offer their providers.

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 report of supporting neighborhood progress, Coon is considered the perfect individual to assist entrepreneurs and enterprise house owners within the Scottsbluff space. Tony Schultz, state director of NBDC’s SBDC program, expressed confidence in Coon’s means to shortly set up himself because the go-to useful resource for business-related inquiries within the space.

Enterprise house owners and entrepreneurs excited by accessing NBDC’s providers can discover extra info at nbdc.unomaha.edu. Coon is out there for appointments and might be contacted at 308.218.8382 or alexandercoon@unomaha.edu.