Starting your own business. Running your own business. Being your own boss. For many people, this is the American dream. And a worthwhile dream it is, too! Small business is what makes America go.

This is where SCORE can help. SCORE provides free and confidential business counseling tailored to meet the needs of your small business and your personal objectives. We also offer workshops, for a modest fee, for both start-up entrepreneurs and in-business small business owners.

SCORE volunteers are real-world professionals with time-tested knowledge who donate thousands of hours to help small businesses succeed. Counselors are experts in such areas as accounting, finance, marketing, management and business plan preparation.

Since 1967 the Upper Valley Chapter of SCORE has been helping small business entrepreneurs in our community. We offer the expertise of more than 30 men and women who are retired or active business owners or managers.

Our counselors provide guidance and counseling to entrepreneurs in the New Hampshire and Vermont cities and towns in the Connecticut River Upper Valley.

We invite you to look through our website, and when you're ready, register for one of our Workshops or send us a Request for Counseling. We look forward to working with you.

There is also a wealth of information about starting and running a small business on SCORE's national website.  And just recently SCORE has added a site for women entrepreneurs and a women's blog.