SCORE Launches New Web Site for Women

SCORE Women’s Success Blog

SCORE “Counselors to America’s Small Business” announces a new Web site for women at www.score.org/women.

The Web site provides interactive tools, mentoring, workshops and articles that can help women entrepreneurs achieve their business dreams. Visitors are encouraged to complete a simple registration form to take advantage of the full range of options.

Visit www.score.org/women to find the following sections:

Chart My Success tracks monthly and annual sales to help you plan ahead, measure progress and accomplish your goals.

Mentor helps you build your support network by saving information on your local SCORE office and mentors.

Workshops displays free online trainings that teach you about key topics, including starting, financing and growing a business.

Articles provides a handy sort feature to help you find a wide range of information on every stage of your business.

Resources offers tools, templates, links and stats that you can use to help run your business. You can keep track of your favorite resources and check off monthly tasks.

Four women SCORE experts, including counselor Peg Corwin from SCORE Chicago, offer their insights and advice on issues facing women entrepreneurs at the SCORE Women’s Success Blog. Comments and questions from blog visitors are welcome.

SCORE Chicago also supports women entrepreneurs with a women’s page on its website.

While our male counselors work with women all the time, you can request a free meeting with a volunteer women counselor by calling (312) 353-7724.

SCORE Offers Free How-To Workbooks Giveaway

Even during an economic slowdown, thousands of American entrepreneurs seek advice and resources to help them successfully start a business. SCORE “Counselors to America’s Small Business” provides mentoring and resources that can help them succeed.

Beginning May 12, the first 1,000 people to sign up for the “How-To Workbooks Giveaway” at www.score.org will receive two free workbooks on starting and structuring a business. This is the first time these educational guides have been offered together from SCORE and The Company Corporation®.

How to Really Start Your Own Business covers topics important to aspiring small business owners, including business plans, finance options and infrastructure support. New content covers the latest on launching a business Web site, attracting Web site visitors, developing an online media kit and avoiding eCommerce mistakes.

How to Really Structure Your Business outlines the options that small business owners have in choosing a business structure, which affects operating efficiency and tax obligations. The new edition offers information on selecting a state to incorporate a business and how this can affect marketing options.

These popular workbooks, also available at SCORE’s 389 chapters nationwide, have educated more than half a million entrepreneurs on the first steps to establishing and running a business. They were developed and published by SCORE and The Company Corporation®.

To take advantage of this offer, visit the www.score.org home page and click on “How-To Workbooks Giveaway.” Complete the “Contact Us” form by entering your name, street address and email address, then clicking “Submit.” You will receive your free copies of each workbook in 2-4 weeks.

With more than 300,0000 businesses formed, The Company Corporation® provides expert incorporation services to small businesses and entrepreneurs nationwide. In addition to filing corporations and limited liability companies in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, The Company Corporation offers a wide range of products and services including business licenses, corporate kits, self-help books, certificates of good standing, registered agent, and business start-up services. Based in Delaware, The Company Corporation serves small business owners through its Web sites at www.incorporate.com and www.llc.com.

Since 1964, SCORE “Counselors to America’s Small Business” has helped more than 7.9 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.

For more information about starting or operating a small business, call SCORE Chicago at 312 353-7724. Visit SCORE Chicago on the Web at www.scorechicago.org.