Floods and other unexpected disasters can devastate a business. The Iowa Western SBDC is here for all businesses affected and can help in any capacity to hel...

The Iowa Western SBDC is putting together a list of Small Businesses in the Council Bluffs Area for Small Business Saturday and beyond. The idea is to get th...

The Iowa Western SBDC is free resource for small businesses and start-ups. Check out our video to see some of our great clients that we have helped.

U.S. federal government contracting represent a tremendous sales and revenue opportunity for small businesses. The government is particularly concerned with ...

Iowa City, Iowa – The University of Iowa’s John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center would like to announce that the application for our fall Venture School coho...

Are you a tinkerer working on what you hope will be the next brilliant idea, but don’t have the tools in your garage to build it? Whether its software or oth...

Commonly known as consultants, freelancers and self-employed, independent contractors are individuals who are hired to do a particular job, receiving payment...

Welcome to government contracting! U.S. federal government contracts represent a tremendous sales and revenue opportunity for small businesses because: The U...

The SBDC at Iowa Western Community College will be going on the road to serve businesses and startups in the 7 counties it serves a little bit better. Starti...

Nine entrepreneurial teams graduated from Iowa Western’s first Venture School yesterday. Throughout the six week program, our teams worked tirelessly to acce...

Aronia Berrys. Lavender. Goat Cheese. Alpaca Farms.  Southwest Iowa produces all of this and more. Here is your chance to compete for some great prizes as we...

Employees and independent contractors are not the same. As a small business owner, it is important to understand the differences between the two and to know w...

Today I was sitting with a client who is a successful business, running a successful commercial service. He told me that hiring the right employee was the to...

www.inc.com article featuring what they label as 10 of the most helpful SBDC’s in America (inlcuding the IWCC SBDC in Council Bluffs Iowa.) We are so proud t...

As you know the first thing that needs to be done is a Business Plan.  But where do you start? How long does it have to be?  At what point do you see if this...

by Julie Mierau Nothing — truly, nothing — is more frustrating than trying to figure out how to access the government procurement process. And yet government...

Mirror Gear USA is owned and operated by Marie Wickman. Marie invented and developed the Mirror Gear ™, a dental mirror cover for use in dental offices. Ma...

In an announcement from Governor Chet Culver, we learned today that Iowa Western Community College in Council Bluffs, Iowa  is among 44 Iowa recipients of gr...

Remember when your mama told you there was no such thing as a free lunch? Turns out, she was right. Imagine that. Now, repeat after me: There’s no free grant...

The Iowa Money Map has more than 800 listings, broken down by county. This comprehensive database includes Iowa’s grants, loans, equity investment opportunit...