SCORE offers counseling and workshops to small business owners

The entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well in the United States.

However, not everyone can be lucky enough to hit on the ‘a restaurant

that sells just coffee’ idea and small business owners often find

themselves struggling to be profitable.

Michael Munz of the SCORE organization said that failing to write

a business plan is a fatal mistake that many small business owners

make.

“Taking the time to prepare the smallest of business plans would

eliminate many of the pit falls [of small business ownership],” he

said.

Munz also said there are several common denominators among

successful business owners: having a good working knowledge of their

targeted business, understanding needed accounting and controls,

obtaining adequate capital to start a business and weathering the

rough times, knowledge of strong marketing and promotion techniques,

and of course, good people skills.

If you are considering small business ownership, SCORE offers free

counseling and workshops at a nominal fee to educate and assist the

small business owner in the areas of marketing, business plan

development, selling techniques, e-commerce, computing your business,

financing your business and international trade. Many clients opt to

attend a workshop and follow up with one-on-one counseling as often

as needed.

Call the SCORE office in Costa Mesa at (949) 515-8428. Visit

www.score.org for additional information.