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Family-Owned Cosmetic Salon Opens in Downtown Lock Haven

Learn how the Penn State SBDC helped transform the Lesher family's business vision into reality by providing assistance with business registration, creating an operation agreement, and facilitating connections for financial projections.

Learn how the Penn State SBDC helped Lee Industries expand its operations providing invaluable support and sharing potential funding and growth opportunities to help meet their growing demand.

Learn how Jordan and Jenna Lamey achieved their goals of breaking free from corporate life to opening their own healthy-eating cooking business with the help of Penn State SBDC Consultant, Tom Keiffer.

Learn how the Penn State SBDC and Ag Center of Excellence Coordinator, Martin Brill, supported Unique Snacks in being named Eastern Pennsylvania Family-Owned Small Business of the Year.

Learn how Tom Keiffer, SBDC Consultant, helped Jamie Holsinger develop financial projections and a pricing strategy to support the financial stability and sustainability for her business, All Things Kind.

Worth the Wait

Learn how Tom Keiffer, Penn State SBDC consultant, helped business owner, Matthew Myers, with his financial projections and business plans to secure financing for his expansion project.

Learn how the Penn State SBDC helped owner, Karon Swendrowski, improve her website and advertising, provided resources, and showed best practices and recommendations to increase attraction to Oregon Hill Winery.

Learn how the Penn State SBDC provided expert financial and business operational knowledge to help co-owners, Cody Heintzelman and James Walker, start their business, Fairfield Greenhouse.

Bringing Bliss to Lock Haven

Learn how Penn State SBDC consultant, Tom Keiffer, helped Liz Webb develop a stable budget, financial projections, and business plan to prepare for the opening of her business, Bliss Massage.

Learn how the Penn State SBDC helped spouses, Leah Mueller and Jared Yarnall-Schane, owners of Singing Onstage, build a business plan, provide market research, and devise financial projections for their business.