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is a nationwide nonprofit organization
dedicated to the formation, growth and success of small business. SCORE is a resource
partner with the U.S Small Business Administration (SBA). Over 10,500 successful
executives, located in 389 local chapters throughout the United States and its territories,
volunteer to provide free, confidential business mentoring and low cost workshops
as a public service to all types of businesses, in all stages of development. SCORE
is the best source of free and confidential small business advice to help you build
your business—from idea to start-up to success.
Since its founding in 1964, SCORE has provided more than 6.5 million aspiring entrepreneurs
and small business owners with practical, real-world advice for starting and managing
a small business. Today, SCORE provides more than 400,000 mentoring and training
sessions each year.
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SCORE volunteers are available to help you to leverage their expertise and energies
to implement proven business practices in accomplishing your business objectives.
What you can expect from SCORE is:
- No-cost personal counseling and mentoring at the variety of local SCORE offices
or, depending on geography, your business location or elsewhere.
- The respect and confidential advice of professional business men and women.
- Practical ideas from people “who have been there” and made a success
of it.
- Mentors who are experts or have access to experts on most business issues who
will meet with you as frequently as necessary to define and analyze problems; then
help you find the solutions.
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Non-confrontational discussions – like talking to trusted friends and family.
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Face-To-Face Mentoring
SCORE Orange County offers entrepreneurs, which are either launching a start-up
or growing an existing business, no-charge face-to-face mentoring by men and women
who have had successful careers as executives or business owners. Your mentors
meet with you personally, confidentially and as frequently as necessary to define
and analyze your opportunities; then help you find the solutions. These sessions
will typically be scheduled for an hour at one of our eighteen locations in the Orange
County area. Please call our main office at (714) 550-7369 to arrange
your mentoring session or, visit our website at www.SCORE114.org mentoring services to learn more about how we can assist you.
Workshops
SCORE Orange County offers low-cost and no-cost workshops for both start-up and existing business
entrepreneurs. Local business experts conduct training across a variety of relevant
subjects including starting a business, business plans, marketing, finance, import/export,
human resources and more! Choose from over ninety sessions each year. Please view the www.SCORE114.org workshop calendar
or call us at (714) 550-7369 for more detailed information on each workshop and their availability.
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