SCORE Bucks County

Serving Bucks and Eastern Montgomery Counties | Platinum Award Chapter

Serving small business owners and entrepreneurs throughout Bucks County and Eastern Montgomery County, PA.

We provide free mentoring services and a variety of educational workshops and webinars. Talk to us today!

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SCORE Bucks County Mentors Guide Growth of 150+ New Businesses

SCORE Bucks County, a local chapter of a national nonprofit committed to providing mentoring services, helps drive new business growth.

In all, the chapter’s 80 volunteer mentors assisted in the creation of 154 new businesses, which, in turn, generated 782 total jobs in the 2022 fiscal year. SCORE Bucks – which includes all of Bucks County, as well as eastern Montgomery County, from Willow Grove to Blue Bell – provided a whopping 4,346 total chapter services last fiscal year.

The chapter offers a variety of no-cost webinars several times per month on business-related topics, including

Retired Business Owner Furthers 20-Year Career as SCORE Bucks Mentor

When John Sheehan was starting out as a business owner of his software and data processing company, he did not have a mentor to guide him in financing and other aspects of running a business.

“I could have used one,” said Sheehan, of Newtown. “I thought I knew everything. I launched the company. When you’re alone, you’re the chief. You’re everything all at once.”

Entrepreneurs still wear many (and sometimes all) hats. But, unlike when Sheehan was venturing out several decades ago, small business owners in Bucks County have had him to turn to for mentoring support, especially as it

Ask SCORE How ChatGPT Can Help Your Small Business

Ask SCORE: How Can ChatGPT Help Your Small Business?

In today's fast-paced business environment, small businesses rely on efficiency and creativity to thrive. Artificial intelligence (AI) tools like OpenAI's ChatGPT offer significant contributions to small businesses.

ChatGPT is an AI chatbot built on OpenAI's language model architecture, GPT-3.5 and GPT-4. It generates text by predicting the next word in a sentence based on a vast dataset of internet texts, enabling it to understand grammar, factual information, and some reasoning abilities. When given a user input or prompt, it generates coherent and relevant responses, making it versatile

Featured Events

Minority & Small Business Resource Summit

Hosted by: Chamber Inclusion Council

The Minority & Small Business Resource Summit is an event designed to provide valuable information and resources to minority entrepreneurs and small business owners. The summit focuses on addressing key challenges and opportunities faced by minority-owned and small businesses, with specific emphasis on the topics of access to capital, financing, grant programs, and training/recruiting resources. Exploring mentorship and networking opportunities that can help minority and small business owners connect with experienced mentors and industry peers.

5 Ways To Use LinkedIn To Build A Powerful and Engaged Network

Want to know how to grow a powerful and engaged network on LinkedIn?

Website Planning 101: Take your first step to website success!

Ready for a new website? Whether you are building it yourself or decide to work with a pro, getting organized is the key to your website’s success! After this webinar, you’ll have a comprehensive plan in place for your business’s website.

What Accounting Services Should an Accountant Provide a Small Business

This program will help you to effectively vet potential accountants in the very first meeting. We will discuss key elements in determining your company’s profitability, not just what’s in the bank account.

Payroll for a Start-Up Entity

Dive deep into the essentials of payroll for budding businesses and ensure you're set up for success from day one.

IRS: Tip Reporting and Other Tax Resources

Brought to you by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), this free webinar offers a deep dive into essential tax insights for small business owners and entrepreneurs. Equip yourself with the latest updates, strategies, and trends, all explained by seasoned IRS professionals.

Topics to Explore:

Tip Reporting by Employer: Stay on the right side of compliance with guided insights.
Tip Reporting by Employee: Learn how to navigate employee tip reporting efficiently.
Gig Economy: A closer look at what the gig economy means for your tax obligations.

This is a FREE Webinar!

Featured Business Success Stories

SCORE Helps Woodworker Scale Business, Hire Staff

SCORE Bucks County Empowers Business Growth: From basement workshop to thriving Lumber Lovin business, see how mentorship transformed Andrew's journey.

SCORE Mentors Help Nonprofit Expand Mission with Thrift Store Addition

True Light, Inc. founder Tracey Long's inspiring journey from trauma to transformation. Help women heal, find purpose in pain, and support our mission at True Light Thrift store.

SCORE Helps Boutique Owner Bring ‘Passion Project’ to Life

SCORE Empowers All Entrepreneurs

We believe that anyone can start and manage a successful small business. We also know that the road is harder for some than for others. Diverse backgrounds, different voices, and unique needs may call for specialized resources and mentoring approaches.

SCORE is listening, recognizes these diverse needs, and provides personalized support in a wholly-inclusive platform called SCORE for All.

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Impact Your Community

Since 1964, SCORE has educated and mentored more than 11 million small business owners and entrepreneurs. We're looking for people with diverse backgrounds and experiences to serve in a variety of roles — from knowledgeable business mentors to local community advocates.

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