POTSDAM – On the eve of the tenth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, the director of Clarkson University’s Reh Center for Entrepreneurship is featured in a Forbes magazine article, "16 Ways 9/11 Changed The Way We Do Business."

In the article by Brett Nelson, Marc Compeau is one of 16 entrepreneurs and chief executives who contribute their thoughts.

Here is Compeau’s contribution, titled “We Got Back To Basics:”

Work, family and fun have long fought for space on life’s goal lists. The 9/11 aftermath brought some rebalancing—and an urge for simplicity.

Upstate New York has seen a rebirth of many downtowns, filled with energetic and innovative entrepreneurs comforted by the notion that no terrorist cares about downtown Saratoga Springs.

“We have seen many more visitors who don’t just wish they could live a simpler life, but actually open a store front and make a go of it,’ says Erin Draper, Director of the Adirondack Business Center in Saranac Lake, NY. “The migration of urban entrepreneurs has really transformed many of the small towns we work with.”

Susan Hirschfeld, a fashion consultant for several major retailers, is one of those who sought simple. “I was always running, so tired all the time but never taking a break long enough to realize it,” she says.

So Hirschfeld moved to Lake Placid, NY, where she launched her own line of snowboard clothing, Hardway Apparel: “I don’t have anywhere near the disposable income I had but I have traded that cash for peace,” she adds.

“Life is so simple–and so fulfilling.”

The full article can be viewed at http://www.forbes.com/sites/brettnelson/2011/09/08/16-ways-911-changed-the-way-we-do-business/