Owning a business is both exciting and intimidating.
With SCORE, you have lots of support. Browse these tools and find resources to help you make decisions on starting or growing your enterprise. Your SCORE mentor can assist in putting your ideas into action.
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eGuide
Business Survival Tools
In 2008, our country experienced a crippling recession that shut down thousands of small businesses. Read more
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SBA Financial Management Workbook
Every decision you make in your business—whether it’s creating a website, investing in classified ads, or hiring an employee—has a financial impact. Read more
eGuide
SBA Business Smart Toolkit
The SBA Business Smart Toolkit is a ready-to-use workshop toolkit developed jointly by National Association for Government Guaranteed Lenders and SBA. Read more
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Valley Resource Directory
The Shenandoah Valley Small Business Development Center has created a Valley Business Resource Directory to provide answers for those seeking information about local, state, and fe Read more
Checklist
Business Idea Analysis
The first key to business success is to determine if your business idea is viable. Entrepreneurs need to think ahead and estimate how the product(s) or service(s) they envision wil Read more
eGuide
Business Health Checkup
Questionnaire for ascertaining the general overall business condition in terms of financial, management, marketing, and customer relationship strengths/weaknesses. Read more
Article
Self Assessment Guidelines
White Paper that addresses the prerequisite talents and traits for starting a business and describes the characteristics of successful entrepreneurs. Read more
Blog
14 Conversion Rate Optimization Tips to Convert More Web Traffic
July 2, 2020, Emily Bosak
14 small business leaders offer their best tips to help convert web traffic over to a contact form or sale.
Infographic
Infographic: The Impact of COVID-19 on Startups - June 2020
SCORE surveyed pre-startups and startups in June 2020 about how covid-19 has affected their businesses, and this infographic highlights the findings. Read more
Blog
5 Ways to Make Your Sales Infrastructure More Attractive to Investors
June 29, 2020, Mark Thacker
Optimizing your sales team and processes can be daunting, time-consuming, and expensive. There are several ways to go about it.
Blog
Networking for the Virtual Age
June 26, 2020, Monique Daigneault
The benefit of virtual networking is that even those who despise the traditional method will embrace this process with ease.