FREE BUSINESS COUNSELING

Free and confidential counseling by our professionals is a key factor for you in starting a new business or improving a current business. We can assist you in five ways:

Visit Our Office:

Our Asheville SCORE office is open Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Call the office (828-271-4786) to schedule a free one-hour appointment for an initial get-together. It will be very beneficial if you briefly describe your situation and the type of assistance you seek. You can call at any time and leave a message. The first available counselor will return your call. Subsequent appointments can be made directly with your counselor.

Team Visit:

We will assemble a select team of our member professionals to work with a company to help solve its ongoing business problem(s). SCORE assistance will commence subject to a joint agreement by SCORE and the company. Normal assistance period is generally 3 months. Examples of business problems that we can address include:

• Adequacy of strategic and operational planning
• Risk Management
• Analysis of marketing effectiveness
• Analysis of company's financial condition
• Inventory control and analysis
• Optimization of production schedules

E-mail Counseling:

Log on to www.score.org/online to access the expertise of SCORE experts throughout the United States and initiate one-on-one counseling with them.

Submit A Request For Counseling:

A counselor will be assigned as soon as this form is received and he or she will contact you shortly thereafter to set up an appointment. You can e-mail a counseling request by completing the form below, and clicking SUBMIT.

By e-mailing or faxing this form to SCORE you agree to the following:

I understand that all counselors agree to not:

• Recommend goods or services from sources in which he/she has an interest or,
• Accept fees or commissions developing from this counseling relationship or,
• Divulge any information disclosed by me to any outside source without my permission. In consideration of the counselor(s) furnishing management or technical assistance, I waive all claims against SBA personnel, SCORE and its host organizations, and other SBA Resource Counselors arising from this assistance.

A printer friendly version of this form is available by clicking here.

Please note, all of the information below is required for the form. All information will be held strictly confidential.

• Please click on the below link
• Complete the fillable form
• Print and bring with you to your Counseling Appointment

Counseling Information Form (Fillable) 641

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