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Welcome to SCORE!
Greetings!
SCORE, Service Corp Of Retired
(and Working) Executives, Counselors to America's Small Business offers
free counseling to St. Louis area small businesses. For more
information contact us at 314-539-6600 Ext. 242 or www.stlscore.org to learn more about what SCORE offers.
Our New Kirkwood Office is NOW OPEN AND STAFFED!!
Hours 10:00 am to 3:00pm - Please call to check availability
Inside National City Bank
333 S. Kirkwood Rd
Kirkwood, MO 63122
314-800-1527
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St. Louis SCORE
200 North Broadway
Suite 1500
St. Louis,
MO
63102
314-539-6600 x242
http://www.stlscore.org
St. Charles Office
636-447-5000
St. Charles Development Center
5988 Mid Rivers Mall Drive
St. Charles, MO 63304
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Grow Your Business with Success Thinking
In order to be a successful small business, you have to think and act like a successful business. Sounds simple, perhaps, but many small business owners and startup entrepreneurs forget the basic concept. In the face of financial adversity, they adopt a "can't do" attitude.
As a leader of a business you should spread the message of success to everyone involved, from employees and vendors to customers and prospects.
High performance businesses, both big and small, allow people to take risks, generate new ideas, make mistakes and learn from them.
The most successful entrepreneurs find ways to make successful thinking contagious. One way they do that is by emphasizing long-term potential over short-term thinking. They learn to innovate rather than hesitate, and shun the status quo as they seek to spark new interest and enthusiasm inside the business.
Sure, working productively will help build your business. But generating creativity and passion for what your business does, no matter how seemingly mundane, is a hallmark of a high performance business. But these don't need to be grandiose concepts. Simply going out of your way to help a customer in an unusual fashion qualifies.
Emphasize the collective success of your business as a whole, not of any individual person, project or product. Then you can accelerate success by identifying a few profitable activities and making them happen ever more flawlessly and quickly.
Open up lines of communication to find solutions and get advice to solve your biggest challenges.
Be open to new ideas, even if they sound silly or outlandish and reward people for extra effort.
And always deliver what you promise. This includes keeping promises to employees and suppliers as well as customers.
Integrity fuels the success engine, and it's tough to recover if you blow it.
To learn more success-minded ideas for small business, contact SCORE "Counselors to America's Small Business" non-profit volunteers that provide free counseling to small businesses at 314-539-6600 Ext. 242 or on-line at www.stlscore.org.
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Upcoming Events
Improve Your Business! REGISTER NOW!!
SCORE Seminar
"How to Start and Manage Your Own Business"
Sat., Nov. 15, 2008
Register Now!
SCORE has several Entrepreneurial Educational programs to help you learn more about running your business successfully. SCORE programs include:
Seminars
"How to Start and Manage Your Own Business"
Nov. 15, 2008St. Louis C.C. @ MeramecDec. 6, 2008St. Louis C.C. @ Meramec
SCORE Workshops - Winter Series
In cooperation with the St. Charles City/County Library.
Creating a Successful Business Plan
January 31, 2009
8:30 am to 12:00 noon
Registration Fee $40
Marketing for Small Business
February 28, 2009
8:30 am to 12:30 pm
Registration Fee $40
Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights
March 28, 2009
9:30 am to 11:30 am
Registration Fee $30
To learn more about any of these courses and dates, times and how to register- CLICK HERE
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Resources For You
Organization of Chinese Americans (O.C.A.).
Entrepreneurship Workshop #2
Business Plan
- Sponsors:
Organization of Chinese Americans (O.C.A.) - St. Louis Chapter http://www.oca-stl.org/
- St. Louis County Economic Council http://www.slcec.com/
- West County Enterprise Center
- Service Corps of Retired Executives (S.C.O.R.E.) - St. Louis
http://www.STLSCORE.ORG
When: November 15, 2008 from 9am - 12pm
Where: West County Enterprise Center, 743 Spirit 40 Park Drive, Chesterfield, MO 63005
For more information or to RSVP, contact:
President, OCA St. Louis: Helena Hseu, 314-275-3799
* Bring your business ideas and we will help you to develop the business plan. SCORE can also follow up on the execution if the business gets started
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Sponsor Info
National City Bank in Kirkwood Mo is providing St. Louis SCORE with the use of a counseling office in their building. Come see us inside the bank at 333 S. Kirkwood Rd.
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SCORE Chapter 21 Opens New Branch Office in Kirkwood, MO
SCORE has opened a Kirkwood office located in the National City Kirkwood Branch at 333 S. Kirkwood Rd. Office hours will be 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Since 1964, SCORE "Counselors to America's Small Business" has assisted more than 8 million aspiring entrepreneurs and small business owners through counseling and business workshops. More than 10,500 volunteer business counselors in 389 chapters serve their communities through entrepreneur education dedicated to the formation, growth and success of small businesses.
Other branches of SCORE Chapter 21 are located in St. Charles at the Mid Rivers Mall, the Veteran's Business Resource Center and the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.
For more information please visit www.Stlscore.org.
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5 Tips on State and Local Funding
1.) Don't overlook city, county or state governments when you seek capital. Many economic development offices have funding-assistance programs for qualified small firms.
2.) Understand the purpose and the requirements of the program you're interested in. It may call for raising matching funds or creating jobs.
3.) Be modest in making projections. For example, don't inflate the number of jobs you think you can generate in hopes of getting a larger grant.
4.) Take advantage of "in-kind" credits. Like cash, these can be used as matching funds. In one case, a state program counted a company's $200,000 local property tax abatement as part of the matching requirement.
5.) Remember that having a good business plan and strong management team in place will help you make your case.
Brought to you by SCORE "Counselors to America's Small Business."
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Brought to you by SCORE "Counselors to America's Small Business," a nonprofit association and resourc e partner with the U.S. Small Business Administration. SCORE is dedicated to entrepreneurship and the formation, growth and success of small businesses nationwide. Since 1964, SCORE has helped more than 8 million entrepreneurs.
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