Welcome to the North – to Minnesota
Does your shared services realignment need a rapid response?
Now that Shared Services and Outsourcing Week is past, it’s get-down-to-business time.
And your compass is pointing north. To Minnesota. Why? Because Minnesota is an ideal
ecosystem for starting or expanding your shared service center. We have it all…
A thriving business climate
hh Headquarters for 17 Fortune 500
companies – and America’s largest privately
held company
hh America’s Top State for Business, 2015
hh Valuable growth incentives, including our
Job Creation Fund, Angel Tax Credit and
Minnesota Investment Fund
Top-notch talent
hh Highly educated, productive, healthy
workforce: 2nd in education and labor force
participation; 4th in health (CNBC; Bureau of
Labor Statistics; UnitedHealth Foundation)
hh 3rd
in the percentage of the population with
a high school degree, or higher and 11th with
a bachelor’s degree or higher
hh Minnesota State, the 4th largest system of
two-year colleges and four-year universities
in the US, is the state’s largest provider
of customized training, assisting 3,500+
companies each year
Make Minnesota Your Next Great Investment.
Globally connected logistics hub
hh Excellent transport networks:
5th in infrastructure, 2016 (CNBC)
hh Minneapolis St.-Paul International Airport
ranked 5th among domestic airports in 2016
(Travel + Leisure’s World’s Best Airports listing)
hh Heavily
connected to fiber, cable, DSL
and wireless broadband networks, with
infrastructure in place to help data centers
locate and expand. Minnesota has invested
$30 million and leveraged $41 million in
private investments toward enhancing
broadband infrastructure.
A wealth of SSCs in CT
Just look to Delta’s most productive call
center on the Iron Range. Wells Fargo in
the Twin Cities. Thomson Reuters in Eagan.
We also have:
hh Accenture
hh BI
Worldwide
Direct
hh Merrill Corporation
hh Thomson Reuters
hh United Mailing
hh YA
hh IWCO
CALL US FOR THE FACTS.
YOUR COMPASS POINTS NORTH FOR A REASON
651-259-7432 | [email protected]
mn.gov/deed/business