Seminars & Workshops

SCORE offers low-cost business training workshops and seminars for both start-up and in-business entrepreneurs. Workshops and seminars are open to all U.S. citizens. Training topics range from: writing a business plan, to e-commerce, to marketing  - depending on the current needs of our business community. Workshops also offer an opportunity to interact with other local small business owners. Please review our workshop/seminar calendar in the right column of this page to learn more about upcoming training sessions.

Essentials for Starting
a New Business
Our Core Workshop

This workshop covers many of the important issues faced by entrepreneurs in both starting and operating a new business including:  •  Business Plans •  Management •  Marketing •  Tax Considerations •  Insurance •  Funding Sources •  Public Law •  Record Keeping  and •  SBA Programs. It is normally held at our Albuquerque office on the third Friday of each month except August and December. Registration is from 8:15 AM to 8:45 AM. The workshop is from 8:45 AM to 4:00 PM, with a brief lunch break. Periodically, the workshop is also held in Rio Rancho.

• SCORE Counselors
• Nicole Maranters, CPA, Atkinson & Co. Ltd.
• Kathy Smith, Wordsmith Creative Copywriting
• F. Vaughn Thomas, Attorney
• Jim Sampson, Insurance Specialist
• Ed Street, CPA, REDW - The Rogoff Firm
• Dodie Knight, Western Commerce Bank
• Julie Ledbetter, Wells Fargo
• Susan Chavez, Economic Development, SBA

To register, call us at 505-248-8232 or e-mail us at workshop@abqscore.org. Please provide the date you wish to attend, your name, address, and phone number. A $55 fee, which covers all materials, will be collected at registration. Pay by check or cash.

Other Seminars and Workshops

From time to time we present other half-day workshops, covering subjects such as Public Relations, Quickbooks,  Business Plans and other topics of interest to entrepreneurs. If you wish to be placed on our list to be notified about any of these workshops please call us at 505-248-8232 or e-mail us at workshop@abqscore.org  advising us which subject is of interest to you.

Albuquerque SCORE
c/o SBA
625 Silver Ave SW, Suite 320
Albuquerque, NM 87102
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