Business Advice
for the Asking
More than 12,000 volunteers
in the Service Corps of Retired
Executives (SCORE) are ready
to help you solve your business
problems
by Kathy Price-Robinson
When Los Angeles-area remodeling contractor
Alan Underwood found himself working
too many hours on the job site, and
too few hours at his desk developing a business and
marketing plan, he asked for help. The way
Underwood figured it, his 12-year-old business
wouldn't budge past its $200,000 average yearly volume
unless he could liberate himself from the dayto-
day job tending and rustle up more business.
Without a change, he would stay stuck.
But finding someone to ask for advice isn't as easy
as it sounds. Professional business consultants
charge big