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Your First Step Toward Business Growth: SWOT Analysis

Should you perform a SWOT analysis regularly? This planning technique can help you identify what your business is doing well and what it needs to improve. Read more

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4 Secrets to Grow Your Business Independent of Your Role

This webinar shares simple and easy steps to reduce your business's reliance on your personal production and get you the time back needed to grow your company. Read more

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Strategically and Successfully Grow Your Small Business

This session will provide you with key aspects you should consider that will assure you have everything covered as you develop a plan for growth. Read more

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SCORE Small Business Talk: Promoting Your Business

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Do you have the best product, selection or service in the area? Even so, your business cannot succeed until people hear about it. Getting the information about your business to... Read more
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SCORE Small Business Talk: Planning For Growth

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A December, 2018 report from the National Federation of Independent Business reports the Small Business Optimism Index was basically unchanged from previous months. Job openings... Read more
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2018 North Port Chamber of Commerce and SCORE's Lunch and Learn Series

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SCORE Small Business Talk: No One Has to Go It Alone

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Managing a small business requires paying attention to multiple areas of responsibility; accounting, marketing, operations, sales, customer service to name a few. Most... Read more
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2018 SCORE's Grow Your Business Schedule--WILL BE CHANGING STARTING IN JUNE

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NOTE: THE SCHEDULE TIME AND VENUE FOR OUR WORKSHOPS SCHEDULED FROM JUNE ON WILL BE CHANGING. COME BACK TO OUR WEBSITE AFTER JUNE 1ST TO SEE THE CHANGES.  Read more
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SCORE Small Business Talk:Prepare to Grow in 2018

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As we enter 2018 it’s important to set up your businesses for success. The Lean Business Planning technique works well for folks who are in business and planning for growth in the... Read more
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SCORE Small Business Talk: Growing Your Business from the Start

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As a SCORE Mentor I talk with a number of folks wanting to start their own business. They want to know how and where to register their business and what licenses or permits they... Read more
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SCORE Small Business Talk:The Customer is Number One

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Hope you had a Happy Thanksgiving. So much for Black Friday, today is Small Business Saturday. I hope you’re ready to take advantage of all the hype that has been generated on... Read more
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SCORE Small Business Talk: Recovering from IRMA

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According to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), more than 40% of businesses never reopen after a disaster, and for those that do, only 29% were still operating after... Read more
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SCORE Small Business Talk: Make a New Plan, Stan

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Okay, a cheap trick to get your attention by using a line from Paul Simon’s 1975 hit song “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover” as a headline. But, hey, if your reading this it must have... Read more
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SCORE Small Business Talk: Entrepreneurs & Small Business Owners

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I have heard much discussion about the difference between Entrepreneurs and Small Business Owners. From my observation there is little difference, in the first few years of... Read more
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SCORE Small Business Talk: Sharpening the Saw

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I was cleaning my office the other day (it never seems to make a difference) and I found my copy of Steven Covey’s 7 Habits of Highly Successful People. I wonder if business... Read more

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