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THE FACTS ABOUT SCORE … SERVICE CORPS OF
RETIRED EXECUTIVES
THE PROGRAM
SCORE,
the Service Corps of Retired Executives, is a 12,000 member volunteer program,
sponsored by the Small Business Administration (SBA). The program matches
volunteers with small businesses that need expert advice. These men and women
business executives, whose collective experience spans the full range of
American enterprise, share their management and technical expertise with
present and prospective owners/managers of small businesses.
Most
SCORE volunteers are retired; however, full time, employed executives are also
eligible for membership. About 20% of SCORE’s
membership is still employed.
Helping
American small businesses to prosper has been SCORE’s
goal since the program began in 1964. SCORE volunteers are members of over 390
locally organized, self-administered chapters offering services in more than
800 locations throughout the
ASSISTANCE OFFERED
Through
in-depth counseling and training, SCORE volunteers help business owners and
managers identify basic management problems, determine the causes and become
better managers. SCORE counseling also can help successful firms review their
distribution channels, evaluate expansion, modify products and meet other
business challenges.
Management
counseling takes place either at a client’s business, at a SBA field office or
a SCORE chapter location. Counselors analyze each business and its problems,
and offer suggestions, ways and means whereby a client can successfully correct
problems or institute changes to his or her business.
SCORE
offers pre-business workshops as well as a variety of other workshops
nationwide to present and prospective small business entrepreneurs. These
workshops take place in local communities and provide a general overview of
what it takes to start a business.
ELIGIBILITY
Almost
any small independent business not dominant in its field can get help from
SCORE. The approach is confidential and person-to-person. Business clients
don’t need to have a SBA loan to participate. In fact, they don’t even need to
have a business. Consultation and counseling before a business start-up is an
important part of the service.
ADDITONAL INFORMATION
Through
the SBA, SCORE has a number of programs and services available. They include
training and educational programs, advisory services, publications, financial
programs and contract assistance. They offer specialized programs for women
business owners, minorities, veterans, international trade and rural
development.
SCORE SPACE COAST CHAPTER 400
SCORE
Chapter 400, based in Melbourne at the Melbourne Professional Complex, 1600 Sarno Road, Suite 205, is comprised of local volunteers
with business backgrounds who are willing to offer their expertise to people
that wish to start-up and operate their own small business successfully.
Confidential one-on-one counseling from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM at the SCORE office
and the Titusville, Cocoa Beach Area, and Melbourne/Palm Bay Chambers of
Commerce is offered free of charge. In addition, a Pre-Business Workshop is
held from
For
further information on these and other related activities contact the SCORE
office at (321) 254-2288, the respective chambers, or Dave Krigelman,
Chapter Chair, at (321)242-7598.
Bio
Dave Krigelman,
Chapter Chair
SCORE Space Coast Chapter 400
Dave
has been the Chapter Chair of SCORE Space Coast Chapter 400 in Melbourne, FL
since October 1999. He previously served as the Workshop Committee Chair
for two years and has been a member of SCORE Chapter 400 in
Dave
retired in 1994 from Lockheed Martin after 34 years with General Electric
Aerospace Group in Philadelphia and Valley Forge, PA and Daytona Beach, FL, and
Martin Marietta Information Systems in Orlando. During this time, he held
numerous senior system engineering and program management positions while
supporting customers in the missile and space programs.
Dave
has a management and technical consulting business, Krigelman
and Associates, in
In
addition, Dave serves as a board member and/or officer on three service
organizations within the local area. He is the Secretary/Treasurer of the
Brevard Small Business Assistance Council (BSBAC), the Secretary of the Suntree Area Business Association, and the Secretary for the
Springs of Suntree Property
Owners Association.
Dave received a BS in Mechanical Engineering upon his graduation
with honors from Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA. He completed
numerous management and technical in-house training courses during his service
with GE and Martin Marietta.
Dave
is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the National
Society of Professional Engineers, the Society of Logistic Engineers, the
National Training Systems Association, and Pi Tau
Sigma National Honorary Mechanical Engineering Fraternity.
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