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February 21, 2006
Score!
Though I have decided to hold off on any further business development stuff until after the move, I did spend some time today with a counselor from the Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE) to talk about next steps. SCORE is an SBA agency that provides free counseling/advice/xeroxed pamphlets/etc. for business start-ups and, unlike the Small Business Development Corporation I met with before, will actually recommend lawyers, accountants and so forth.
The one disappointment about today's meeting was the age of Scott, my counselor. He wasn't a day over 30. If he's retired then I have GOT to start reading the Wall Street Journal more rigorously.
Oh I admit it, I was totally fantasizing about sitting down with a distinguished, silver-haired, Fortune 500 CEO and sharing stories of overseas travel (divine) and high-octane fuel (a must!) over biscotti and clotted cream. Not..so...much. But what he lacked in silver service, he made up for in advice - including...um...the fact that I apparently must start using a library.
Look - I never got the Dewey Decimal system, I was always kinda grossed out by the word "Dewey," and the closest I ever got to using a library to its full potential was going to Williams during high school, scoping cute college guys, and then stealing books to plagiarize for my history classes by dropping them out the bathroom window.
Let's just say when I talk "stacks," I mean it in the pancake sense.
Regardless, I think I'm going to have to suck it up and become friendly with the idea, as it seems like it's the logical next step. Another boon to today's meeting was realizing that the more practice I get talking to people about my idea, the smoother and more confident my pitch becomes. This will come in handy when I actually have to present it to a banker...such double and triple yikes, I can't even begin...I will wow him with my powerpoint. That much has been decided.
Posted by Bree at February 21, 2006 04:08 PM