Business Resource Center

The Business Resource Center

A "One-Stop Resource Center" for Business Information

About the Center
Business Resource Library
Computer Resources
Internet Access
Audio/Visual Resource Library
Info To Go
Counseling in the BRC

About the Center

The Business Resource Center (BRC) is a unique place designed to assist small businesses with their research and planning. All of the resources in the Center are available for your use, FREE.

Terms of Use

The use of the Business Resource Center (BRC) is for clients who are starting up a new small business or growing an existing business. Unless a client is actively working with a SCORE counselor, the use of the BRC is restricted to 30 visits in a 12 month period.

BRC Hours are: 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Monday through Friday, except for Federal Holidays

Location: ODS Tower
601 SW Second Avenue
Suite 950
Portland, Oregon 97204-3154

Telephone: (503) 326-3441

Fax: (503) 326-2808

e-mail: scorepdx@wa-net.com

Picture of the computer area in the BRC The BRC is staffed by trained and experienced SCORE counselors who can help you whether you are thinking about or planning on going into business or are in business and need assistance. The BRC has a wide variety of resource materials available, including computers with access to extensive databases and high-speed Internet access as well as many other general and specialized business oriented software programs and CD-ROMs.

We can assist you with the following:

	• Small business financing	• Accounting
	• Government contracting	• Buying a Business
	• Training classes and workshops	• Franchising
	• E-Business	• Legal issues
	• Developing a business plan	• Management

All of SCORE's programs and services are provided to the public on a nondiscriminatory basis.

Business Resource Library

A picture of the BRC library showingthe Entrepreneur Series books The Library features the "Business Startup Guide" series created by the Entrepreneur Group. These guides provide general and detailed information on over 200 specific businesses. Each guide contains information on startup costs, marketing, location tips, accounting and record keeping, management, legal considerations, and much more. The guide appropriate to your business is the best place to start gathering information for your business plan or in making sure that you have covered all the bases in your plan.

In addition, the library contains books and reference materials on the following:

	• International Trade	• Accounting
	• Business Plans	• Buying a Business
	• Financial Management	• Franchising
	• Home-based Business	• Legal issues
	• Lending issues	• Management
	• Marketing and Sales	• Personnel
	• Selling to the Government	• Starting a Business
	• Women Owned Businesses	• Computer Reference Guides
	• General Reference Materials

Computer Resources

The FREE computer lab is an exceptional facility for the small business person or entrepreneur. You are able to research industries, competition, design and build business plans, create marketing programs and formalize your business concepts.

The BRC is equipped with seven IBM compatible workstations all with access to printers.

Each work station is laoded with:

Microsoft ® WINDOWS XP

Microsoft ® OFFICE XP

Microsoft ® ACCESS

Microsoft ® Small Business Tools

How to Write a Business Plan

SCORE Business Planner

Business Plan Pro

QuickBooks Pro

And more

Internet Access

A picture of a person working on oneof the BRC computers

All of our computer stations have FREE high-speed DSL access to the World Wide Web. Our high-speed access to the Web makes the BRC an ideal place to do research. We have also identified a number of resources available on the Web that will be useful in completing your research. These resources are identified, described and an active link to the site provided.

Audio/Visual Resource Library

For informative business training, the BRC Audio Visual Library has videos and tapes on a wide variety of business topics. Equipped with earphones, our two large screen TVs and cassette players allow you to learn about everything from the latest management techniques to tax law in a comfortable setting.

Some of the topics are:

Basic Exporting
Customer Service Series
Doing Business on the INTERNET
How to Find New Customers
How to Succeed in a Home Business
How to Really Start Your Own Business

Info To Go

Pamphlets, books, articles, directories, information sheets on business subjects and notices of upcoming business events are free to clients. Some of the material is in Spanish.

Counseling in the BRC

While you are in the BRC you can get FREE confidential business counseling provided by the SCORE BRC staff. The staff is on-site daily; no appointment is necessary. Our counselors offer years of experience in a wide range of business disciplines including law, finance, construction, manufacturing, marketing, engineering and business planning. You will find the staff knowledgeable on business and problems facing small businesses.

For more information

For more information about SCORE, to sign up for counseling or to register for one of our workshops, contact us at:

Telephone: (503) 326-3441

Fax: (503) 326-2808

E-mail: scorepdx@wa-net.com