SBA-affiliated free counseling service for small business.
Southern New Jersey SCORE - Chapter 254 has been serving southern New Jersey --Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, and Salem counties -- for more than 25 years. We have 30 volunteers with widely diverse backgrounds and experience covering many business specialties over their business life. This provides a vast base of experience that can be matched to your requirements if you have special needs. We counsel at several locations and offer both morning and evening hours for the convenience of our clients. Where appropriate, our counselors will meet with you at your business location to better understand and advise you. Your success as a small business entrepreneur is our only objective.
Keywords: small business counseling
Interview Q&A
How long have you been in business?
We've been available to the community for over 30 years.
What is your primary product or service?
We are a division of the Small Business Administration (SBA) and provide business counseling for individuals interested or needing help in small business matters.
How did you first become interested in your line of business? (if owner) - What is your background? (If owner or store manager)
We are a group of retired executives that feel we can help the community with our past skills and knowledge of business.
How do you differentiate yourself from other businesses in your category and area?
Our services are free. Anyone interested in our services needs only to call for a counseling appointment. Anytime additional counseling is required, the client need made additional appointments.
How many locations do you have and do you have plans to expand?
Our chapter has two locations: at our Pennsauken office, 4900 Route 70, and our Mount Laurel office at the Incubator building of Burlinton County College.
Provide detailed directions to your location
Please see our website at www.score254.org.
What type of payments do you accept?
None is required.
Which areas do you service?
All business areas. If there is a particular area of business that you require counseling for, we will try to have you meet with a counselor of that particular skill type. Otherwise, we have found that 90% of any business is similar to the next.
Who owns your company or runs daily operations?
We are a division of the Small Business Administration. We run our own chapter of volunteers.
What are your hours of operation?
Our office hours are Monday - Thursday, 9:30AM - 12:00PM. Our daily counseling hours are at the Pennsauken office. Our evening hours, for the BCC Incubator office, are Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 7PM to 9PM. Please see our website at www.score254.org for additional information.