January 18, 2010 – Fort Worth Business Press – USA
To help give aspiring entrepreneurs a smart start and to help existing small business owners survive and thrive during and after the recession, the Fort Worth Chapter of SCORE “Counselors to America’s Small Business” recently launched its latest round of monthly business workshops.
The low-cost, one-day seminars are offered one Saturday a month at the chapter’s offices, located in the James E. Guinn Business Complex on South Freeway. The workshops cover topics every business owner faces, including business planning, sources of capital, legal considerations, insurance, marketing, record keeping and taxes. Follow-up classes also are available from SCORE Fort Worth’s partner, Tarrant County College Small Business Development Center.
“The workshops are a particularly nice setup for folks thinking about going into business or people who are new to business but really didn’t do some of the homework to get themselves set up properly in the first place,” said Jim Talbot, a counselor with the Fort Worth chapter. “In one day, people are able to get a good general idea of what they need to know and how all these pieces fit together.”
Talbot, a retired owner-operator of a fleet leasing chain who specializes in corporate turnarounds, is one of 44 active counselors with the Fort Worth Chapter of SCORE.
Since 1964, SCORE, a volunteer nonprofit association sponsored by the U.S. Small Business Administration, has helped more than 8.5 million small business owners start, grow and succeed through counseling and business workshops, according to the organization’s Web site. More than 12,400 volunteer business coaches – both retired and working professionals – provide mentoring and share first-hand knowledge of every stage of entrepreneurial venture, from generating and assessing ideas to preparing a business plan and raising capital, to managing the operations and finances of a start-up or existing small business operation. Read Story.
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