Chapter 6, Serving Central Indiana

Indianapolis Office

8500 Keystone Crossing, Suite 401

Indianapolis, IN 46240

(317) 226-7264

email: mailto:IndyScore@gmail.com

(click here for a map to our location)

Free Business Counseling

To Request Counseling, click here.

Start-up Counseling:

SCORE, "Counselors to America's Small Business", provides free and confidential small business advice to help you build your business—from idea … to start-up … to success. SCORE is a NATIONAL nonprofit association dedicated to the formation, growth and success of small businesses nationwide. SCORE’s extensive networks of retired and working volunteers are experienced entrepreneurs and business people. These volunteers provide free business counseling and experienced advice as a public service to all types of businesses, in all stages of development.

Free counseling sessions are offered by SCORE. These counseling sessions are typically scheduled during normal business hours, Monday through Friday, except holidays. Contact our office for an appointment today. Time slots fill quickly, so early scheduling is recommended.

Generally, the initial counseling session will last about 1 hour. As your plans develop, we continue to be interested in helping you achieve your business goals, so follow-up sessions are encouraged. Again, there is no charge, no matter how many follow-up sessions are needed. In addition to counseling at our office, counseling can be arranged for your convenience at other mutually agreeable times and locations, such as at local libraries.

SCORE provides workshops and seminars on various business topics for only nominal charges.

For internet users, on-line counseling is available. Nationwide, SCORE has more than 500 members who counsel on-line in their areas of expertise. They can be contacted at www.score.org. A response to your query is usually provided within 48 hours. While face-to-face counseling is recommended for most situations, on-line counseling can provide another source of business expertise to you.

If you make an appointment with us, please click on Form 641, fill in your information, print it out on your printer, and bring it with you to your appointment. It’s that easy!

Existing Business Counseling:

The U.  S.  Small Business Administration definition of an “existing business” is one that has been in operation for 2 or more years.  A number of existing small businesses will encounter problems with cash flow, marketing strategies, warehousing, plant layouts, etc.  In most cases, these problems can be addressed through our regular counseling sessions which are held at our Indianapolis office.  However, there are cases where on-going relationships will need to be established with our client businesses.  And, in a number of these cases, visits to the troubled businesses will be called for.  Within the Indianapolis SCORE chapter, we have a group of counselors who are dedicated to counseling and building relationships with existing businesses.  We have attempted to have (at least) one “existing business counselor” in our office each Monday; therefore, should you be an “existing business” in need of special counseling, be sure to make a Monday appointment.  If it is not possible to come to our office, we will schedule an appointment at your company.