About SCORE
About SCORE USA
Our parent organization, the national SCORE Association, founded in 1964, is a nonprofit organization dedicated to entrepreneur education and the formation, growth and success of small business nationwide. SCORE has 389 chapters throughout the United States and its territories, with more than 11,500 volunteers serving as “Counselors to America’s Small Business.” Since its founding, SCORE has served more than 4.5 million clients with more than 1.2 million volunteer hours. SCORE is a resource partner with the U.S. Small Business Administration.
About SCORE Southern New Hampshire
SCORE (Chapter 199), based in Manchester N.H., was founded in 1967.
We assist small business with free business counseling, small business training and a library of resource information, much of which is online. Our mission: Timely, Quality Business Counseling.
One of six chapters in New Hampshire, our area includes Hillsborough and Merrimack counties, including the towns of Concord, Manchester, Salem, Nashua, Milford and even northern Massachusetts.
Our volunteer members, whose broad business experience range from marketing and sales, engineering, manufacturing, contract management, finance, general management, service and more, use their individual skills to help clients evaluate and develop plans for new businesses, solve business problems and direct them to additional resources, including financing.
The Manchester chapter now has more than 50 counselors and takes on an average of 14 new cases a week. Our clients find us on the Internet, through our publicity efforts and via referrals from financial institutions and the SBA. We meet with clients at their businesses, our offices, or in public locations such as libraries to accommodate their schedules.
Our goal is to help clients avoid common mistakes, provide direction and help them become as successful as they want to be. All of the volunteers and resources of our chapter are available to every client and they are available for as long as they want or need them.
Judy Callen,
Design On The Rocks
“I really appreciated working with SCORE. Shana was helpful, but not pushy. I knew that it was still up to me to make my business succeed. She just gave me the added direction and confidence I needed to be successful.”
Sometimes SCORE can help grow a business to new levels
More Success StoriesSimplified Business Plan March 15th, @ Bedford Library, 3 Meetinghouse Road, Bedford, NH:
The literature is full of outlines and directions for preparation of a detailed business plan. Every business should have a business plan, but recent studies have shown that the business owner can prepare a business plan in their own language, and, if structured as a set of operational tools to help run the business, it serves them well and satisfies all other requirements while significantly simplifying the writing task.
Monday Mar 15, 2010
5:30 to 8:30 PM
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Small Business Tax Workshop, April 8, @ Laconia Savings Bank,167 Main Street, Concord, NH:
This workshop focuses on the tax laws in a manner that the small business owner can understand and then use many to enhance the cash flow and profitability of the operation while in full compliance with the law. A detail roadmap of how the business owners operation flows into the basic IRS 1040 forms which must be submitted is provided in a clear and simple manner. In addition, many useful IRS publications which address the basics for small business operations are discussed.
Thursday Apr 08, 2010
5:30 to 8:30 PM
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7 Steps to a Better Website, April 12, @ Amoskeag Business Incubator, 33 S. Commerical St. Manchester, NH:
This workshop focuses on the fundamental aspects of defining, creating and implementing an effective web site. The workshop covers in detail the many subtle issues that make the difference between a web site that is just there and one that brings the business and its customers together. Included are discussions on domain name, user friendly design, right content, best host, proper selection of the creating team, realistic cost planning options, how to market the site and how to measure results.
In these workshops, attendees have an option to sign up for a free 0.5 hour one-on-one live consultation about their current web site.
Monday Apr 12, 2010
5:30 to 8:30 PM
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How to Really Start Your Own Business, Bedford Library, 3 Meetinghouse Rd., Bedford, NH:
Almost everything you need to know about starting a business. Covers defining the idea, organizing the business, focusing on customers, cash flow, picking employees, writing a business plan and obtaining financing. This workshop also covers pitfalls to be avoided and serves as an introduction to topics for deeper study.
Thursday Apr 29, 2010
5:30 to 8:30 PM
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