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Is there a place I can find a mentor for small business startup?

I would like to start up a photography studio, but I am a very artsy person, so the paperwork and legal startup issues are tough for me to navigate.

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1. try your local chamber of commerce
2. Where do you live? What kind of business do you want to start?
3. the small business administration
4. I am right here.
5. Here's a couple of avenues to explore: 1) SCORE – Service Corps of Retired Executives 2) Small Business Administration – click to find your appropriate state information Hope that helps! I wish you much success & happiness in all your ventures!
6. There are several places where you may be able to find a mentor: 1. Government Mentoring Programs such as SBDCs, which works with community colleges and local business development councils to offer mentoring programs http://www.sba.gov/sbdc/sbdcnear.html ; or the Women's Network for Entrepreneurial Training http://www.sba.gov/womeninbusiness/wnet_roundtables.html 2. Volunteer programs such as SCORE http://www.score.org which is composed of mostly retired executives and entrepreneurs 3. Formal mentoring programs such as Athena Foundation http://www.athenafoundation.org/programs/globallinks.html Helzberg Entrepreneurial Mentoring Program http://www.helzbergmentoring.org/HEMP/ The Aspen Institute MicroMentor Program http://www.micromentor.org 4. Professional organizations such as the National Women’s Business Council http://www.nwbc.gov/Mentoring/programs.html 5. Industry and trade associations 6. Local business groups, such as the chamber of commerce 7. Local chapters of business groups
7. Visit www.startupnation.com It's a web forum based community which is geared towards entrepeneurs. These are real people who love to help others succeed. They also have articles written by true business leaders with views and personal insights on how to make your business successful.