SOCIAL: Advice on funding for a one-man enterprise?

[Robert Sean Boyle]

The service you're describing may be SCORE from the SBA.  I have also used
them and they are useful:

www.*sf**score*.org

455 Market St # 600
San Francisco, CA 94105-2449
(415) 744-6827


On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 11:05 AM, Geoff Davis <geoff at geoffdavis.net> wrote:

> There's a program in the city that pairs retired executives with people
> starting businesses.  The execs provide free advice - business plan reviews,
> coaching, etc.  I think it may be run through the Chamber of Commerce, but
> I'm not certain.  A friend of mine who has been starting a business has been
> using the service, and he's been pretty happy with it.  Let me know if
> you're interested and I'll track down the details.
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 10:54 AM, Joel Young <joel at skizzy.biz> wrote:
>
>> My brother has a little side business of making guitar effects pedals --
>> all analog, high quality, your perfect boutique kind of product. He has had
>> some success selling them, and he just finished a prototype for a new model
>> that apparently is going to take the guitar world by storm. He has a friend
>> at work who is willing to lend him some money to get this venture off the
>> ground, and he's asking me whether it's a good deal or whether he's likely
>> to end up in debt. Does anyone have a head for these things who could maybe
>> talk to him about the specifics of the deal and give him a feel for the
>> risks v. rewards?
>>
>> Joel
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