I am the third Chairman of Chapter # 0700, Upper Coastal Plain SCORE. Mark Frohman and Jim Henderson, the two previous chairs, were responsible for our steady, forward-moving beginning. We have a diverse and experienced group of counselors. Our counselors’ mission is to support, encourage, inspire, mentor, educate, inform and mobilize principled entrepreneurial business owners and those with a dream to become one.
In addition to our primary office on the second floor of the Rocky Mount Braswell Library we now have offices in Roanoke Rapids, Nashville (counselor available on Thursdays; 4 PM to 6 PM) and Wilson. I want to encourage anyone who desires to better themselves and their business to contact us by calling (252) 442-1173, by E-Mail score@braswell-library.org or by fax (252) 442-7366. There also are counseling request forms available in the Rocky Mount location.
SCORE provides business counseling one-on-one or when appropriate, we work together to provide the help desired by our clients. If we do not have the skill-sets internally, we can access other professionals who provide specific services.
We started off our fiscal year with a booth at the Rocky Mount EXPO on Tuesday, October 12th. We met several potential clients and made numerous professional contacts which will be beneficial to our clients.
Our next event on Thursday, October 28th was a joint seminar in the Cooley Library in Nashville, NC. UCP SCORE joined up with the North Carolina Bar Association’s NC LEAP, the Town of Nashville and the Nashville Chamber of Commerce to present a seminar on Contracts. The presentation was made by PoynerSpruill LLP’s Kim Bayless, Esquire. We had 17 individuals participating in the workshop.
On Tuesday, November 16th I participated in the Young Professional Network’s IMPAC Forum held at the Gateway Technology Center on the campus of North Carolina Wesleyan College in Rocky Mount. My group’s topic was “Taking the Small Business Plunge”. The focus was on “The Ten Mistakes That Start-Up Entrepreneurs Make”.
On a closing note, I would like to state my goal for the coming year is to work with our current counselors in an effort to bring new counselors on board. We have several individuals who have expressed interest, some are recognized by their professional peers as experts in their field.
Lastly, should you have an immediate need for business counseling or mentoring, please feel free to contact me by E-Mail at Johnny.Bass.Hatteras@gmail.com Should you do so, please include your name, a telephone number, time you can be contacted at that number and the specific details of your request. I will return your call in less than 24 hours.
Thank you.
Johnny Bass
