By Fred Kopp – IDEAMAKER
Greater Rochester SCORE is a dedicated resource in our areas that serves new and growing small businesses and non-profits.
I’ve been impressed with the experts at SCORE and highly recommend them to new entrepreneurs. Some of the IDEAMAKERS clients have benefitted from SCORE’s expertise which they found very helpful in starting their businesses.
If you have a small business, you can tap the expertise of nearly 100 experienced Rochester area SCORE volunteers and over 13,000 national members are waiting to mentor you to entrepreneurial success. Using trained volunteers, SCORE delivers FREE, timely, confidential and trusted business advice to small business start-ups and aspiring entrepreneurs. They are very helpful in providing guidance in developing business plans.
SCORE provides trained confidential mentors and low cost business startup workshops. Want help facing a business challenge? Use SCORE SMART Counseling - A unique team of SMART counselors will work with your key personnel to identify opportunities for improvement and suggest tactical changes needed to achieve growth and profit goals. You can also attend SCORE’s Low Cost Advanced Workshops to learn need-to-know topics such as QuickBooks, social media, internet marketing, and business planning.
If you need to learn about operating a non-profit, SCORE volunteers are ready, at no cost to you, to help you and your board with issues relating to starting and running an effective non-profit business. SCORE, as a non-profit itself, understands the issues relating to non-profit management. They will help you focus on the business planning process and establish both near and long term objectives.
As a resource partner with the US Small Business Administration (SBA), SCORE volunteers understand the process of funding your small business. Greater Rochester SCORE has active relationships with other organizations that want to see your business succeed: Chambers of Commerce, the Urban League, NAWBO, IDAs, and many others. It serves Monroe, Livingston, Ontario, Wayne and Yates Counties.
To learn more, check out the Greater Rochester SCORE website at www.scorerochester.org or call (585) 263-6473 Also, the National SCORE website, www.score.org, provides Webinars, worksheets, templates, and informative guides to support your business.
