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Counselors to America ’ s Small Business S erving Northeast, New Jersey

Counselors to America ’ s Small Business S erving Northeast, New Jersey. SCORE - A Small Business Resource. Providing Guidance and Support to America ’ s Small Businesses and Potential Entrepreneurs. Goals. Prepare Clients For Success As They Start a New Business

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Counselors to America ’ s Small Business S erving Northeast, New Jersey

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  1. Counselors to America’s Small BusinessServing Northeast, New Jersey

  2. SCORE - A Small Business Resource Providing Guidance and Support to America’s Small Businesses and Potential Entrepreneurs

  3. Goals • Prepare Clients For Success As They Start a New Business • Help Clients Expand an Existing Business • Help Clients Solve Business Problems

  4. SCORE - Key Services • Free, Confidential & Unlimited Counseling for New & Existing Small Businesses • Low cost Workshops

  5. Who Are Our Clients? • They come from every sector of the business community • Professional, Retailers, Manufacturers, Educators, Tradesmen • They have existing businesses • They want to start new businesses

  6. SCORE Helps Underserved Groups Of SCORE’s 2012 Clients, 53% were women 32% were minorities 13% were veterans

  7. We Help Our Clients To: • Create Business Plans • Set up a Business • Buy or Sell a Business • Get Into a Franchise • Resolve Partnership Problems • Market More Effectively • Build Client/Customer Base • Boost Sales • Deal With Personnel Issues • Plan for Expansion • Understand Finances • Secure Financing • Minimize Debt • Improve Profitability • And Much More …..

  8. For New Businesses • Help Evaluate the Opportunity • Help Prepare the Business & Marketing Plans • Troubleshoot Launch Plans • General Advice & Counsel

  9. Established Business Support • Budgeting • Resolving Problems • Expanding or Downsizing • Sales & Marketing • Personnel Issues • Valuing the Business for Sale

  10. Advisory Board We can serve as an advisoryboard for businesses that require long-term strategic, operational or turn-around counseling. • One or two SCORE counselors will serve as principal advisors • If the company needs specialized assistance, other counselors will be brought in • Meetings can be regularly scheduled or arranged on an as-needed basis

  11. How We Counsel 1. Establish Rapport - Listen to Our Clients 2. Conduct a Needs Assessment 3. Identify the Business Goal, Challenge or Opportunity 4. Advise on Preparing and Implementing a Realistic, Fact-Based, Achievable Business Plan 5. Obtain Feedback and Set a Roadmap for Measuring Success and Further Mentoring

  12. SCORE Counselors to America’s Small Business • National Non-Profit (501-c-3) • Resource partner of the SBA • Started in 1964 (49 years) • Mission statement: Provide FREE and Confidential Business Counseling Services and Training to America’s Small Business Owners • We focus on the American Dream of Small Business Ownership

  13. Scope • National Network of 340 Chapters • 11,000 Volunteer Counselors • Over 380,000 Clients Last Year • Providing 1.2 Million Volunteer Hours

  14. Impact We Have a Proven Track Record of Helping to Create: • 37,054 new businesses started in 2012 • 82,206 jobs created in 2012 Our National Goal is to Help Create 1 Million New Small Businesses, One Business at a Time by 2017

  15. The Dollars SCORE’s Cost to Help Create One Business SCORE’s Cost to Help Create One Job Amount SCORE Clients Return to the Federal $188 $85 $59 Treasury for Every Dollar Appropriated to SCORE

  16. About SCOREBergen • Located in Hackensack, NJ • Started 8/31/1965 • 41 Volunteer Counselors • 1,100 clients in 2012 • Volunteers are: • Corporate Leaders Who Have Achieved Top-level Positions in Major Firms • Active, Semi-retired, and Retired Executives • Entrepreneurs and Owners of Small to Mid-Size Businesses With a Broad Array of Skills

  17. Counselors Experience • Marketing & Sales • Construction • Legal and Insurance Issues • IT • Finance & Accounting • Wholesale/Retail Operations • Technical Services • Education • Government Contracting • Manufacturing/ Engineering/ Production • Human Resources • Import/Export • Business Management

  18. Low-Cost Workshops on a Variety of Subjects • How to Really Start Your Own Business • How to Prepare a Business Plan • Marketing for a Small Company • How to Use Your Website as a Business Tool • Cloud Computing • Quickbooks • Franchise Opportunities for New Entrepreneurs • How to Buy or Sell a Business • How To Make Sense Of Your Financial Information • E-mail Marketing • Critical Selling Skills For Small Businesses

  19. SCORE Websites • National Website - score.org • Award Winning Web Site With a Wealth of Information, Research and On-line Workshops • On-line Counseling. This Offers Clients the Online Option of Presenting Questions and/or Problems to Counselors Online • SCOREBergen Website - bergen.score.org • Schedule Face to Face Counseling Sessions • Sign Up for Workshops on Small Business Issues

  20. We Will Meet With You Friday Mornings & Tuesday Evenings in Our Hackensack Office at One Bergen County Plaza • By Appointment • Request an Appointment Online at bergen.score.org • Or, Call us at 201.336.6090

  21. Join Us • Become a SCORE Volunteer and Make Dreams Come True • Share Your Success and Expertise Through Mentoring • Enjoy the Satisfaction of Contributing to the Success of Others

  22. Summary Contact Us: Let’s Discuss How SCORE Can Help You

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