Counseling with SCORE

About SCORE

SCORE, Counselors to America's Small Business, is a non-profit association dedicated to entrepreneur education and the formation, growth and success of small business nationwide. SCORE is a resource partner of the United States Small Business Administration.

SCORE was founded in 1964, currently has 389 chapters in locations throughout the United States and its territories and has approximately 10,500 volunteer members nationwide. Both working and retired executives, professionals and business owners donate their time and expertise as business counselors. More information on the national SCORE organization is available at www.score.org.

Mentors Manual, revision 8 now available. The purpose of this manual is to assist new counselors and mentors through the 90 day orientation period.  By following the enclosed format, new counselors and mentors will be able to achieve maximum results with new clients.  They will be able to provide each client with a checklist of things to do in order for them to best reach their goals. download here

About Business Counseling

All counseling sessions are free and confidential. Counseling is provided in-person and via email on almost all aspects of business including the following:

• Start-up
• Business plan preparation
• Business financing
• Cash flow and cost analysis
• Marketing/Sales
• Manufacturing operations and control
• Retail management
• Information Technology

Face-to-face counseling is offered by appointment at our locations in Worcester, Leominster and Westborough. Please call the most convenient location to schedule an appointment at a time that is convenient for you and when we have a counselor available. Phone numbers are given on both the HOME page and the CONTACT US page.

For existing businesses, we are willing to come to the client's place of business to provide counseling. However, we prefer to schedule an initial counseling session at one of our offices so that we can assess your needs and ensure that an appropriate counselor is assigned.

SCORE also provides free counseling via email through our national web site (www.score.org). More than 1200 SCORE counselors are available via email to provide advice in their areas of expertise.

A few of the other business information resources in the Worcester area include:

• Worcester Public Library - http://www.worcpublib.org/
• Worcester Chamber of Commerce - http://www.worcesterchamber.org/
• Center for Women & Enterprise - http://www.cweworcester.org/
• MLK Business Empowerment Center - http://www.mlkj-bec.org
• Other useful links - http://www.doce.lsu.edu/lagniappe/businessaids.htm