What is SCORE?

Basically SCORE, Counselors to America’s Small Business, is a worldwide organization of over 12,000 experienced business advisors. It’s been affiliated with the U.S, Small Business Administration for forty years. SCORE stands for the Service Corps of Retired Executives, and our goal is to help guide you in the process of starting and running your own business.

SCORE offers you FREE business counseling by men and women who have had successful careers as executives or business owners. Your counselors meet with you personally, confidentially---and as frequently as necessary to define and analyze your problems; then help YOU find the solutions.

How SCORE Can Assist You

Here are just a few of the ways SCORE counselors are helping thousands of business entrepreneurs like you.

• Developing and revising business plans
• Reviewing alternative ways to secure financing
• Acting as a “sounding board” for ideas and concerns
• Providing guidance on where and how to obtain assistance and data
• Suggesting marketing, promotional and sales approaches
• Resolving organizational and staffing issues

What You Can Expect From Your SCORE Chapter

Personal counseling and mentoring at the SCORE office, your premises, or elsewhere. Also offered are workshops on business start-ups and other topics critical to growing a company.

1. The respect and confidential advice of professional business men and women
2. Practical ideas from people “who have been there” and made a success of it.
3. Counselors who are experts or have access to experts on most business issues
4. Non-confrontational discussions---like talking to trusted friends and family.

• someone who can provide confidential business advice and counsel?
  
• someone who wants to listen to your ideas and plans?
  
• someone who has experienced the same types of business problems as you have - and has solved them successfully?!

SCORE’s that someone.

Make SCORE your personal, FREE business consultant.