Introduction to SCORE
and Starting a Business in Florida
Arrive at 5:30, sign-in and network with other entrepreneurs and SCORE volunteer business experts. Get a good seat for the FREE program that begins promptly at 6:00 PM.
If you've been considering starting your own small business, but are unsure of how and where to begin, don't miss out on this workshop. You will be provided with step by step information about how to start a business in Florida, the necessity of business planning, business structures, and profit and loss statements.
This FREE workshop will address the following topics and much more!
- Why are you starting your business?
- What is a business?
- Are you an Entrepreneur?
- What's needed to start your business?
- 10 Steps to starting a business in Florida
- Making your business legal.
- Why do some businesses fail?
- Essentials of Business Planning
- Pizzas, and your Profit and Loss
- How to register with SCORE and get a free mentor to coach you through it all.
Once you have successfully completed this session, you will be better able to decide if your business idea is worth pursuing, and you will be armed with the information necessary to continue onward with your business endeavor.
About Speaker King Barnard:
King, a physicist and past faculty member at Florida Institute of Technology, has, for over 45 years, held senior level management positions with high technology companies in Commercial, Aerospace and Defense industries. In the late 1990s, he founded Management Doctor, Inc., a management consulting firm where he traveled the US providing comprehensive business analysis, profit improvement recommendations, product development, and company turn-around services. King retired to Manatee County, became a SCORE Manasota volunteer where, for nearly ten years, he has been applying much of his rich career experience, knowledge and skills toward helping individuals start and successfully run their businesses. King's many SCORE clients include a two-time SCORE Manasota Client of the Year Award to Chism Manufacturing LLC, and the Chapter's Entrepreneur of the Year award to United Drone Services, Inc.