[PW] Re: ?finding a small business consultant

[Pam McLaughlin]

Oh, I agree, but one can't tell that to a patron's face, can one?  SCORE
is supposed to give sage advice, it isn't there to hold someone's hand
every step of the way.  I'll be astounded if she ever gets off the
ground - she doesn't strike me as a "keep an eye on the ball" sort of
person.  But I'll refer her to some of the other suggested places, and
maybe one of those folks can talk some sense into her (not holding my
breath)

Pam M.

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[mailto:project-wombat-bounces at lists.project-wombat.org] On Behalf Of
Dianne
Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 11:35 AM
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Subject: [PW] Re: ?finding a small business consultant

Old buzzards from SCORE?  I think they couldn't help because she doesn't

have a clue what business she wants to go into.  I agree with Connie's 
assessment of the problem the person has...she wants to be "given" a 
business rather than doing the work of researching and starting one.
But I 
don't think it is fair to blame SCORE for her lack of ambition.  I have
sat 
down with SCORE representatives and they were extremely helpful in
making 
suggestions. They may have been mature individuals, but we are too quick
to 
discard our older citizens (one of which I am quickly becoming) and call

them names for no good reason than looking clever. Maybe I was just
lucky, 
but I sure wouldn't call the SCORE people names on the basis of a person
who 
seems to have made no effort to do her groundwork. I would set her down
in 
the library in the Small Business section and suggest she do her
research 
first before looking for a consultant.  Just my opinion, worth nothing
these 
days.

Dianne Parham
Senior Management Analyst
San Diego Public Library
mutts at cox.net
at home, on vacation, enjoying a cooling trend (at last)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <cvj at hcvco.com>
To: <list at project-wombat.org>
Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 09:22
Subject: [PW] Re: ?finding a small business consultant


>I have operated a home based business for over 40 years.  If the old
> buzzards from SCORE "couldn't give her enough help", then she needs to
go
> back to her own personal drawing board, and turn on her brain wattage.
> Running any business takes about 27 hours a day, 9 days a week, 15
months
> a year.  <snip> 

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