The Merrimack Valley Chapter of SCORE (Chapter 199), based in Manchester N.H., was founded in 1967.
We assist small business with free business counseling, small business training and provide a library of resource information, much of which is online. Our mission: “Timely, Quality Business Counseling.”
One of six chapters in New Hampshire, our area includes Hillsborough and Merrimack counties, including the towns of Concord, Manchester, Salem, Nashua, Milford and even northern Massachusetts.
Our volunteer members--whose broad business experience ranges from marketing and sales, engineering, manufacturing, contract management, finance, general management, service and more--use their individual skills to help clients evaluate and develop plans for new businesses, solve business problems and direct them to additional resources, including financing.
The Merrimack valley chapter now has approximately 70 counselors and acquires an average of 14 new cases a week. Our clients find us on the Internet, through publicity efforts, via referrals from financial institutions and the SBA, and by word of mouth. We meet with clients at their businesses, our offices, or in public locations such as libraries…to accommodate their schedules.
Our goal is to help clients avoid common mistakes, provide guidance and help them become as successful as possible. All the volunteers and resources of our chapter are available to every client and they are available for as long as a person wants or needs them