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Clarion University of Pennsylvania Small Business Development Center * Room 102 Dana Still Hall * Clarion PA 16214 * (814) 393-2060

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Tuning Up Your Business During a Recession

“The Clarion University Small Business Development Center helps businesses start, grow,

and prosper.

Text Box: STAFF Dr. Woodrow Yeaney Director Cindy Nellis Assistant Director Matt Sopher Computer Analyst Kristin Stiglitz Educational Program Coordinator Kate Hall Lucy Adonizio Amy Keth Corry Riley Gregg Johnson Business Consultants Molly Gatesman Administrative Assistant Nancy Weaver Fiscal Technician

Text Box: “The competitor to be feared is one who never bothers about you at all, but goes on making his own business better all the time” Henry Ford

Four of the Most Common Mistakes on

Small Business Websites

Text Box: You know to get your business to grow you need to be on the web. That means creating a website. Are you doing a good job establishing your web presence? Read Article

The Anatomy of an Entrepreneur

Text Box: What does the average entrepreneur look like? A 40-year-old cubicle refugee. According to a study done by the Kaufman Foundation, a Kansas City think tank that studies entrepreneurship.

Text Box: The Foundation surveyed 549 company founders and the typical founder is middle-aged, on average 40, 70% are married, and 60% have one child. According to their class mobility, 59% come from lower-middle- class, blue-collar families and half of them hold advanced degrees. So the common belief that entrepreneurs are young college students working out of their dorm rooms is simply wrong. 18 August 2009. View Slides

Creating a Green Office Environment