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SCORE "Counselors to America`s Small Business" has counseled 7.5 million entrepreneurs by Retired Fortune 500 executivessince 1964.

http://www.score.org

I have an appointment on Thusday.




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I am glad to see you were actually able to get an appt. with someone at SCORE.  I have reached them a couple of times and nobody will call me back.  When I was in Colorado one of the SCORE people called me back and seemed like she was in a hurry and was`nt willing spend much time with me.  I have not been impressed with this organization at all, but maybe other people have had better experiences?  Good Luck!

I`ve had pretty good results with them online.  You can send them an email based on the topic, i.e., trademarks will connect you with an intellectual property expert.

Keep in mind that the advice is free, so you always want to use this as an additional resource, not a primary one.

~Liz

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That is where I am meeting as I live in Aurora. I will post my results.

John


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I have used them once online.  I asked about shipping from China to USA and the guy mentioned the need of a customs broker and told me what to look for in a good broker.  I thought it was pretty good advice.

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Travis Tschepen
Hibachi Bros. LLC

--My goal in life is to be as good of a person my dog already thinks I am.--

The "R" stands for "Retired."   The "E" stands for "Executive."   In my experience, the retired executives there are very very conservative - sometimes too conservative.  There is absolutely nothing wrong with taking advice from my grandfather.  He has a lot of wisdom.  He is also opposed to taking risk.  Sometimes we need those risks for a long-term vision.

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James Lindon, Ph.D. Patent Attorney
Lindon & Lindon, LLC
Cleveland, Ohio
Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, Pharmacy Law, Litigation
[this is not legal advice - provided for discussion only]
Intellectual Property for the Individual and Small Business: Identify, Protect, Enforce, Defend.
"Fools rush in where angels fear to tread."
http://www.LindonLaw.com

They did offer some good perspectives and advice. They liked my project and thought the venture had some great possibilities. They were a bit on the condervitive side. 

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I have to chime in here:

I went to SCORE.org and searched through many of the profiles for the available mentors in my area.  After finally deciding, I sent off and e-mail.

From my experience (any maybe I lucked out) my SCORE mentor has offered invaluable advice, research,evaluation,valuation, commentary, questions, experieince, wisdom, pretty much everything I have thrown his way from spinach dip to California privacy law.

I am VERY impressed and better off because of his help. I hope to hear more stories like this one!

Good luck out there!

I`m glad to hear others have had a good experience.  Here in Ann Arbor, my SCORE counselor didn`t have a clue as to how to councel me in my concierge business.  He told me I seemed to be doing the right things, but had no real advice for me. 

I don`t think I was ever linked up with a SCORE person that was right for my biz.

 

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BettyBrigade - I had a similar experience. He knew nothing about my industry. I went there hoping for at least some guidance on where to find answers to local law questions but his answer for everything was "try Googling it"

Gee, why didn`t I think of that? Oh well, I have found some valuable information on their web site.