In an ongoing effort to provide professional business services to start up and existing businesses, the Saint Vincent College Small Business Development Center (SBDC) will offer seminars entitled, The First Step to Small Business Success, several times throughout the year.

This is an informal workshop offered approximately every four weeks at locations throughout Westmoreland and Fayette Counties. Topics include personal issues of being an entrepreneur, financing a business, the business planning process, marketing, mechanics of starting a business, regulations governing a business and other resources that may be of assistance. SBDC consultants present this program and then are available to answer any questions from attendees about initiating a successful business. Select events are co-sponsored by Chambers of Commerce – Latrobe Area, Laurel Highlands, Ligonier Valley, Norwin, Strongland and Westmoreland, Penn State Fayette - The Eberly Campus, and State Senators – Bob Regola, Richard Kasunic, Sean Logan, and Donald White.

The First Step to Small Business Success will be offered in the evening from 6 to 8 p.m. at the following locations: Saint Vincent College on Tuesday, July 1; Norwin Chamber of Commerce, Irwin, Wednesday, August 13; and Mt. Pleasant on Thursday, September 4. The workshop will also be offered in the afternoon from 1 to 3 p.m. at Penn State Fayette – The Eberly Campus on Wednesday, July 30. The fee to attend each workshop is $25, or $20 per person for two or more registrants. Each attendee will receive program materials, a $10 gift certificate toward the cost of another Saint Vincent College SBDC seminar and an optional free one-year subscription to Inc. Magazine.

The Saint Vincent College Small Business Development Center is part of a statewide system of university-based economic development organizations, whose mission is to provide high quality education and consulting to entrepreneurs, to help them start and grow their businesses in the competitive global economy. Early registration is recommended, as space is limited. To register or to obtain additional information, please contact the Saint Vincent College SBDC at (724) 537-4572 or visit the website at http://www.stvincent.edu/sbdc.

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