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Live Your Dream
        SCORE Can help

Free real world advice . . .

SCORE's business experts can give you real
          world advice and know how.
SCORE can help take the mystery out of taking
          control of your career by helping you start
          and grow your own business.
SCORE counselors can help you start a
          business, write a business plan,
          recommend organization structure, show
          how to figure cash flow, record keeping
          and more.

The SCORE Association "Counselors to Americas Small Business" is the premiere, free counseling and advice service found in the United States. As a resource partner with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) SCORE operates in cooperation with the SBA to provide small business owners and prospective business owners - you - with information vital to your success.
Follow these 3 steps for Success . . .

Need information about starting and/or managing your business. Select the topics listed below and SCORE will send you valuable information on each subject.

After you gather the information needed, contact the SCORE office near you and make an appointment with a business professional counselor who can provide you with one on one personalized confidential counseling.

Continue your learning experience by participating in any of the six Virtual Workshops with real world examples and exercises.

Business Start-Up:
   Starting Your Business,
   Business plan samples,
   Starting a home based business,
   Promoting your business,
   Determining start-up cost,
   State of Indiana Guide to starting your business including "Start-up
   Kit" with forms, fees and business resource guide,
   Women's guide to starting your own business.

Loan Information:
   Free guide to small business fundraising,
   SBA various loan programs,
   Financial planning Tool-Kit (with Free Calculators programs)
   Writing bank loan requests, and
   Loan amortization schedules.

Financial, Accounting/Computer Bookeeping:
   Sample Balance Sheet,
   Breakeven Analysis,
   Cash Flow Statement (12 months),
   Financial histories & Ratios of various small businesses,
   Opening day Balance Sheet,
   Preparing personal Financial Statement,
   Sample Profit and Loss Projections (12 months),
   Profit and Loss projections (3 years),
   Financial benchmarking (comparing your business to Industry standards,
   Figuring Start-up expenses.

Marketing:
   Creating Competitive Advantage,
   How to find your customers,
   Pricing Product and Services,
   Power of Packaging,
   Small Business Sales Forecasting,
   Marketing information (including area Northern Indiana
      Demographics, Lifestyle Analysis, Data bases by state, Area Code,
      Employment, Income, Age, and Household type.)
   Building a Referral Network.

Internet Sales:
   How to really market on the internet,
   Internet marketing tutor,
   Driving customers to your Web Site.

Franchise Operations:
   Association Franchisees and dealers,
   Federal Trade Administration business opportunity rights and laws.
   Franchise handbook,
   Franchises for sale web site.

Selling To The Government:
   Indiana Secretary of State Business Services Division,
   Business form,
   Available forms,
   Tax information,
   Business owners guide to State government.

SCORE: Small Business partners Offer Free Information:
   Communications & Human Resources,
   Finance your business,
   Selecting a Franchise,
   Selling to the Government,
   International trade,
   Legal and Taxes, (guide to incorporating your business)
   How to market your product or service,
   Selling on the internet,
   U.S. Small Business Administration, SBA
   Legal: Corporation Creation, Contract Forms, Taxation Assistance

Score Virtual Workshops:
   Six online workshops with real-world examples and exercises covering
   Writing a Business plan,
   Handling competition,
   Pricing products and services,
   P & L statements,
   Promotion and Web Site Construction.

Proud Resource Partner of the
US Business Administration

SCORE® is a national organization with approximately 400 chapters and about 11,500 members across the United States

Need Help with Business Terms and Definitions? Visit the Dictionary of Small Business

Northwest Indiana SCORE would like to give thanks to San Diego SCORE Chapter for allowing us to utilize various prepared information.