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Get Free Expert Help from SCORE Des Moines to Start & Grow Your Small Business.
A Partnership Focused on Making You More Successful

No matter where you are on your entrepreneurial journey, our SCORE mentors are ready to assist. SCORE Des Moines mentors are highly successful and seasoned business professionals and entrepreneurs with the experience and knowledge to help you achieve your small business.

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Five Simple Steps to SCORE Mentoring:

Identify


Identify your small business needs and desired support.

Request


Request a SCORE Mentor as your advisor to small business success.

Schedule


Schedule a mentoring session with your assigned SCORE mentor

Set Goals


Set goals for your small business with guidance from your SCORE mentor.

Advance


Work with your SCORE mentor through the life of your business.

Our Mentors

Having bought, sold, started, and operated several companies, I have experience with setting up a...

I have management experience in private small businesses and most recently 20 years of banking...

After a 41 year banking career, I have knowledge in several areas, I would like to share.

Having been self employed for decades, I feel the biggest challenges is learning to focus and manage...

My 40 years of banking and agricultural credit exposed me to many different business situations...

Start-up Assistance, Existing business assistance, Financing, Government Contracting, Business Plan...

Mentoring Specializations: I specialize in manufacturing operations, resource management,
business...

Over the past 20 plus years, I have worked in, managed, grown, bought and sold my family business. I...

I can help Score Clients by providing insights and practical experience from my 50 years in...

I can support SCORE clients by offering guidance in several key areas of financial and accounting...

Entrepreneurs Succeed with SCORE Mentors

What is better than one very passionate, forward-thinking entrepreneur working to make a business highly successful? How about two very passionate, forward-thinking entrepreneurs working on your business ownership goals? That is what SCORE offers to all small business owners: mentors who work alongside entrepreneurs to realize their small business ownership dreams.

See how SCORE mentors have made a difference for other small business owners like you.

Beverly Doody and Keisha Finnie
SCORE Success Story: Keisha Finnie Art
Discover how SCORE empowered Keisha Finnie to turn her passion for art into a thriving business. Balancing creativity and entrepreneurship with guidance.
Colin Fukunaga in front of his food truck: Fukuburger
Fukuburger
Discover the inspiring journey of restaurateur Colin Fukunaga, who transformed the dining experience in Las Vegas with Fukuburger. Find out how SCORE advisors helped him turn his passion into a thriving business.
Front Porch Baking Co. Owner with SCORE Mentor
SCORE Success Story: Front Porch Baking
Discover how SCORE empowered Kristen Richards to turn her passion for baking into a thriving local business, Front Porch Baking Co., in Millersville, PA. Learn how mentorship and determination led to her sweet success story.
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