SCORE To Host Free Workshop on Business Finances

Learn
The Key Financial Steps For Your Small Business From Start-Up to Operations

In this free workshop, you’ll
learn the major elements of small business finances that ensure success, from
start-up planning to establishing relationships with financial institutions.
Areas highlighted will include the value of key documents such as a business
plan, financial statements, and resources available to small businesses. This
workshop is intended to be interactive, incorporating participant
experiences.  

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Workshop Presenter Bill Ward is a certified SCORE mentor, team
leader for Middletown Mentoring team and River West Workshop Co-Chair. Bill
worked for several major corporations in engineering, technical and field sales
and market development roles. During his working life, he also spent several
years as an independent sales representative prior to joining the company from
which he retired as their Director of Marketing Engineering which included
International sales. In addition to sales and marketing, Bill has worked with
department budgets, revenue forecasts for cash flow projections, accounts
receivable and product profitability calculations, analyzing the impact of
supplier pricing on selling price. The slide presentation used is the creation
of another certified SCORE mentor who was unavailable for this date.

SCORE "Counselors to America's Small Business" is a
nonprofit association dedicated to the success of small business in America
offering free and confidential advice on starting your own business or
improving and growing your existing small business. All of our 40 counselors in
Southeast Connecticut are volunteers, receive no compensation, and are working
or retired business owners, executives, and managers. SCORE’s seven counseling
sites in Southeast Connecticut cover from Mystic to Guilford and north to
Norwich. For more information on upcoming workshops and free small business
counseling, visit www.sect.score.org. SCORE
was founded in 1964 and is a resource partner with the U.S Small Business
Administration (SBA) and has 370 chapters in locations throughout the United
States and its territories, with 11,200 volunteers nationwide. Visit the
national SCORE website at www.score.org.

Workshop
Sponsor Guilford Savings Bank (GSB)
has been serving the financial needs of individuals, families and businesses on
the Connecticut shoreline community for over 138 years.  Founded in 1875 by local business owners, it
has proudly stood as a trusted institution in the communities it serves.  Starting with a seventeen thousand dollar
investment and one branch on the picturesque Guilford town green, GSB has grown
to a seven-office, $500 million bank. For more information, visit www.gsb-yourbank.com.