Turn to SCORE mentors for Small Business Advice For the Life of Your Business
Jan 04, 2016
Turn to SCORE mentors for Small Business Advice
For the Life of Your Business
Seek Out SCORE Advisors
For the Life of Your Business
TOPICS
Small Business and Leadership
About SCORE
SCORE Services for You
Resources for Your Business
Looking Ahead
Next Steps
Q: Why is small business so important to the economy?
A: Small businesses create jobs and fuel growth.
There are nearly 26 million small businesses nationwide. Small businesses represent 99.7 percent of all employers. Small businesses create 75 percent of new jobs. About 671,800 new small businesses are formed each year.
Small Business and Leadership
For the Life of Your Business
Q: Why is owning a business important to you?
A: Small business represents success on your own terms.
Be your own boss. Bring a new idea to life. Achieve your lifelong dream. Create financial independence. Turn your hobby into a profitable business.
Small Business and Leadership
For the Life of Your Business
SCORE “Mentors to America’s Small Business” is a national nonprofit association. SCORE’s mission is to provide small business mentoring and training to help America’s entrepreneurs succeed.
Local business workshops and seminars Face-to-face mentoring at 350+ chapters Online mentoring at the SCORE website www.score.org Free and confidential business advice for
entrepreneurs
About SCORE
For the Life of Your Business
Q: How can a SCORE business mentor help?
A: SCORE mentors give real-world advice that applies to your business.
Practical advice Business planning assistance Problem-solving for business challenges Growth strategies for business opportunities Confidential sounding board for your ideas
About SCORE
For the Life of Your Business
SCORE business mentors are volunteers. Volunteers who have achieved business success–and want to help you succeed in your business.
Dedicated volunteers Confidential advice for your business Experienced business owners and executives Experts who’ve seen both economic highs and lows Pros with expertise in hundreds of disciplines
About SCORE
For the Life of Your Business
SCORE “Mentors to America’s Small Business” can help your business in many ways.
Confidential business mentoring Long-term business mentoring Face-to-face brainstorming sessions Online email advice available anytime Local workshops and seminars on business topics
SCORE Services for You
For the Life of Your Business
SCORE services are available nationwide.
More than 13,000 mentors nationwide More than 1,000 locations for mentoring Ask SCORE online mentoring at www.score.org Local business workshops and seminars
SCORE Services for You
For the Life of Your Business
Visit the SCORE website:
www.score.org
How-to Advice & Info Mentoring for business advice online Find a Chapter to locate any office in the country >2,000 pages of content for small business owners How-to articles offer practical business tips
Resources for Your Business
For the Life of Your Business
SCORE Offers Free Resources for Your Business
How To Really Start Your Own Business—a workbook available at your local SCORE chapter office.
SCORE eNews—an email newsletter with small business news and how-to advice.
SCORE Expert Answers—an email newsletter on leadership topics for entrepreneurs.
Resources for Your Business
For the Life of Your Business
Q: What can a mentor do for you?
A: Information, ideas and advice to help you succeed.
Wisdom gained from the “school of hard knocks” Independent, thoughtful advice specific to your business Perspective from years in the trenches of economic
cycles
Looking Ahead to Mentoring
For the Life of Your Business
Looking Ahead to Your Success
For the Life of Your Business
Entrepreneurial Success Factors
A focused business plan Hard work, and plenty of it A quality product and/or service Good advice
Looking Ahead to Create Success
For the Life of Your Business
Build Your Business Success
Play to your strengths. Identify areas to improve. Learn and grow as a leader. Add to your knowledge base. Form a network of trusted
advisors.
Turn to SCORE
For the Life of Your Business
50 years of service to the small business community
Award-winning business mentoring and resources
Resource partner with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)1-800/634-0245 www.score.org