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Welcome to SCORE in Northern California

We are part of a national nonprofit association dedicated to entrepreneur education and the formation, growth and success of the nation's small businesses.

SCORE volunteers provide FREE and confidential business advice and counseling tailored to meet the needs of your small business and your personal objectives.  Our service area includes Butte, Glenn, Tehema, Plumas, Shasta, Lassen, Trinity, Siskiyou, and Modoc counties. 

Face to Face counseling is offered in Chico and Redding.  Phone and online counseling is available throughout our entire service area. 

FREE Online workshops  are available for start ups and in-business clients in all communities within our service area .  Topics offered include:  Starting Your Business (9 Workshops), Managing Your Finances (10 Workshops) and Foundations of Marketing (7 Workshops)

     FREE Online Workshops in Spanish are available.  Click here for a list of topics.

SCORE volunteers are real-world professionals with time-tested knowledge who donate thousands of hours to help small businesses succeed. Counselors are experts in such areas as accounting, finance, marketing, management and business plan preparation. We have assisted many clients in obtaining business loans.

We look forward to serving you.

New Score Members

Score Chico welcomes our new members:

Tom Fuszard has extensive experience in writing company communications, public relations and advertising as well as speech writing and coaching speakers.

Len Farmer has experience in the Food and Beverage Service Industry. Advertising, Public Relations, and Real Estate.

Bill Meyer joins Score after a career in Advertising (Agencies, TV and Radio.)  He also owned his own small men's clothing business

John Regh brings 35 years of experience in the Office Equipment industry.  In 1986 he became the owner of Inland Business Systems and made it into a successful company with 25 local employees.

Nanette Sorensen owned her own business, and has skills in Advertising, Public Relations, Sales, Marketing and Administration. 

Ginger Winings worked for the State of California and has skills in Training, Sales, Management, Administration and Project Management. 

We're delighted to have these new members join us.  Their experience and skills broaden and deepen our counseling resources.

 
SCORE  Quick Start Series Workshops

Is Starting a Business Right for You?

The SCORE QuickSTARTTM Series Workshops can help you make a smart start.

The SCORE QuickSTARTTM Series Workshops will help you:

         Define and evaluate your ideas.
         Develop a marketing strategy.
         Identify the best ways to fund your startup.
         Turn your idea into action with tools and templates.
         Get useful and helpful mentoring sessions.
         Connect with other entrepreneurs.

Jump-start your business idea with the SCORE QuickSTARTTM Series Workshops. Successful and experienced executives will help you reach a “go or no-go” decision for starting a business.

Make a smart start. Attend the SCORE QuickSTARTTM Series Workshops and begin your journey for small business success.

Sign-up here 

           
Get started today.
Attend all 5 SCORE QuickSTARTTM Series Workshops. The first session is free.

Workshops #2-5 are $20 each but pay in advance before the start of session #2 and you get the whole series for $70.00. 

Overview

The SCORE QuickSTARTTM Series provides five, two and one half hour workshops with action steps:

         Start-up Basics (FREE)
         Business­ Concept
         Marketing Plan
         Financial Projections
         Funding Sources and Next Steps




Your Business. Your Success. Your Way.
www.scorechico.org

SCORE Northern California Announces Free Online Workshops

Check out the Free Online Workshops (in English and Spanish) available to start ups and existing businesses.  Score Northern California added this capability to our web site for the benefit of the smaller more remote communities where distance makes traveling to a workshop location expensive and time consuming.  Workshops available include:

Starting Your Business (9 Workshops)

Managing Your Finances (10 Workshops)

Foundations of Marketing (7 Workshops) 

Workshops in Spanish (23 Workshops)

Click here to register.

SCORE Announces "Business Tune Up"

Does Your Car or Truck need a tune-up?

How about your small business?

Just as the vehicle you drive needs attention in order to continue to operate smoothly and efficiently, so too does your own small business.

Ignoring a problem in either case can create disastroous results.

A team of SCORE - Chico counselors can provide on-site, No Cost business tune-up counseling especially tailored to your business.

If you have been in business for at least one year and are interested in improving efficiency and effectiveness, call the Business Tune-Up Program Administrator at 864 0866.

Score Chico needs a few good men and women.
Score Chico is expanding our outreach to the small business community.  To learn more about becoming a SCORE member click on the Volunteer tab, or call 530 342 8932 or email us at scorechico@sbcglobal.net
Local Online & Phone Counseling

Free Local Online & Phone Counseling is available when distance or your schedule does not allow for a Face to Face Counseling Session.

Get face-to-face business counseling with one of our volunteers.
National Online Counseling
Free National Online Counseling is available from SCORE's nationwide pool of counselors
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With sponsorship support from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation