[PW] Re: ?finding a small business consultant

[cvj at hcvco.com]

THAT was my point.  On many occasions I have BEEN an "old buzzard from
SCORE", and clueless people who think it would really be neat to work from
home and make a fortune still in bathrobe and slippers sounds nifty are
all too common.  Oh, and FWIW, I am very definitely an old buzzard.  Most
likely the oldest buzzard in the group. Connie

> 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.