Gannon University Small Business Development Center

The Gannon University Small Business Development Center offers no-cost, confidential one-on-one consulting to entrepreneurs and small business owners. Its consultants help with business planning and strategy, market research, marketing and digital strategies, financial management and cash flow, and loans and funding options, including preparing loan packages. Help is available for starting a business, growing an existing one, or planning succession or recovery.

The center is part of Gannon University and works with the U.S. Small Business Administration and the Pennsylvania Department of Community & Economic Development. Business owners can request consulting through the website, and the center also runs low-cost webinars and seminars for current and aspiring owners. It has been serving the region for 45 years, and its address is on West 8th Street in Erie.