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<p>Do I really want to? That&#8217;s the first question owners of small businesses should ask themselves.</p><p>Dorothy Lane, director of the Small Business Development Center at Wilkes University, cautioned that growing your business might take you away from the work you enjoy &#8212; whether it&#8217;s cooking food, styling hair or repairing car engines &#8212; and give you administrative duties instead.</p><p>If you decide to expand, look for new customers by marketing your goods or services in a larger geographical territory or among more demographic groups. Look for ways to make your business attractive to a younger generation of customers, or an older one.</p><p>What about selling your product or services online? The internet can be an invaluable way to expand your business.</p><p>What characteristics are inherent in the business owner who wants to expand?</p><p>&#8220;They need to be a real go-getter,&#8221; Lane said, adding that it helps to be &#8220;kind of a Type A personality, paying attention to details and making sure things go right.&#8221;</p><p style="text-align: right;"><em> &#8212; Mary Therese Biebel</em></p><style>
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