Answer:
Contact the Small business Administration (SBA) in your area. They are there to help people get into business and stay in business. Also ask them for a contact for Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE). These are successful retired business people who volunteer to help individuals such as yourself who wish to start a business. In terms of helping you in making business decisions, SCORE might be the better choice, however use both agencies. They can help you and appropriately counsel you with financing a business.