Business advisor offers free advice during monthly visit to Chamber

Do you have a plan for a new business? Are you an existing business owner and want assistance analyzing your profit and loss or expanding your business? Would you like assistance with customer acquisition, market or industry analysis?

If so, Jamie Clover, regional director and certified business advisor for the Iowa Small Business Development, will be available at the Mt. Pleasant Area Chamber Alliance office monthly this summer to give free confidential business counseling to entrepreneurs.

Clover will be in the downstairs board room at the Chamber Alliance office (124 S. Main St.) on the following dates:

Monday, June 22, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.;

Monday, July 27, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.;

Monday, Aug. 31, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

She would like appointments so she can be better prepared, but drop-in visitors are also welcome. To make an appointment, contact Clover by email at jclover@scciowa.edu or call 319-208-5381.

Topics she can assist businesses with, but not limited to, include the following ? business planning, financing opportunities, new business guidance, cash flow projections, market research services, loan proposal assistance, business growth and success planning, market plans and strategies, and business continuity planning export assistance.