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

[Geoff Davis]

Yep, that's the one.

On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 11:19 AM, Geoff Davis <geoff at geoffdavis.net> wrote:

> Yeah, that does sound like the program.  I'm double checking.
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 11:13 AM, Robert Sean Boyle <rseanb at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> 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
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> Social mailing list
>>>> Social at lists.deeptrouble.com
>>>> http://lists.deeptrouble.com/listinfo.cgi/social-deeptrouble.com
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Social mailing list
>>> Social at lists.deeptrouble.com
>>> http://lists.deeptrouble.com/listinfo.cgi/social-deeptrouble.com
>>>
>>>
>>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.deeptrouble.com/pipermail/social-deeptrouble.com/attachments/20091008/5b3e9006/attachment-0002.htm>