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WASHINGTON, April 26, 2023 – Small business owners are facing a “nightmare” scenario in finding, hiring and retaining employees, according to new survey data from SCORE, mentors to America’s small businesses and a resource partner of the U.S. Small Business Administration.

SCORE’s Spring 2023 Megaphone of Main Street: Employee Engagement report surveyed more than 1,500 small business owners on employee-related issues, including hiring and retention, and the impact on their businesses. Two of their top three concerns are hiring the right talent (60.7%) and retaining and motivating employees

WASHINGTON, April 18, 2023 – SCORE, mentors to America’s small businesses, will co-host the 2023 National Small Business Week Virtual Summit with the U.S. Small Business Administration on May 2-3. The free, two-day online event will celebrate the hard-earned success of small businesses throughout the country, while also sharing best practices for utilizing technology and other tools to facilitate growth.  

“SCORE is proud to honor the accomplishments of America’s entrepreneurs and join the SBA in hosting the National Small Business Week Virtual Summit. We invite all entrepreneurs to

Union Miles Development Corporation and SCORE Cleveland have signed a Memorandum of Understanding whereby SCORE will assist with free mentoring, workshops and educational services designed to help small businesses and entrepreneurs.

SCORE Twin Cities has partnered with the Minnesota Department of Corrections transitional facility in Togo Minnesota to mentor men with small business aspirations as they reenter society. Our mutual goal is to provide these men another opportunity to maximize their success back in their hometowns.

Upon re-entry the men will have housing and will obtain employment. Most of the men hope to launch their business in about a year after their release.

These returning citizens will have gone through an intensive, six month transitional period in Togo. Their curriculum includes career assessment

SCORE Bucks County’s wildly popular Women Building Businesses Conference is making a comeback on June 14 after a three-year hiatus.

The fourth annual event features a keynote address from NBC10 anchor Tracy Davidson, as well as informative sessions from several successful women entrepreneurs, and plenty of networking among attendees and event exhibitors.

Known for her talks on resilience, the Emmy-winning journalist is a good fit for the event, according to SCORE Bucks County Chairwoman Linda Zangrilli.

“Tracy will bravely reveal her own life experiences and share research-based

SCORE Philadelphia Chapter and the Philadelphia Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.  partner annually to offer business education, resources, and business opportunity grants to emerging minority women entrepreneurs.

The program offers entrepreneurial education and SCORE mentorship, culminating in an opportunity for the women who participate to pitch their business to a panel of three expert judges with the chance for three entrepreneurs to win grants to start and grow their businesses. The 2023 corporate supporters who provided the grant funding are: Citizens Financial Group

CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 5, 2023 - Recognizing the critical need to support minority entrepreneurs in Northeast Ohio, Cleveland SCORE has partnered with The Presidents’ Council to assist with free mentoring, workshops, and educational services designed to help current and future generations of African American small businesses be even more successful within the Northeastern Ohio communities in which the Council serves.

The partnership’s goal is to leverage SCORE’s vast, nationwide business resources to support the Council’s mission of acting as a catalyst for inclusion and supporting current

WASHINGTON, April 5, 2023 – The American small business community received 4.65 million hours of free, confidential, expert advice last year from volunteers with SCORE, mentors to America’s small businesses and a nonprofit resource partner of the U.S. Small Business Administration. This National Volunteer Month, SCORE is celebrating its dedicated corps of 10,000+ diverse volunteers serving entrepreneurs in all 50 U.S. states and territories, and their indelible impact locally and to the national economy. 

In 2022 alone, SCORE volunteers:

• Supported the launch of 30,453 new small

Workspace Collective, the co-working facilities company in Mid-Florida and the Mid-Florida Chapter of SCORE, Small Business Administration (SBA) backed complimentary voluntary business mentoring services, recently announced their agreement to form a Strategic Alliance. The Alliance provides Workplace Collective’s clients with complimentary engagement among SCORE business mentors and access to SCORE live and recorded online business webinars and training workshops.

The intent of the Alliance is to provide clients at Mid-Florida Workspace Collective facilities, complimentary access to three

WASHINGTON, March 15, 2023 – Two-thirds of small business owners say they could benefit from outside financing, yet many of them either do not apply or do not qualify, according to SCORE, mentors to America’s small businesses and a resource partner of the U.S. Small Business Administration. One of the factors that prevents small businesses from seeking or obtaining financing is poor credit history.    

“A poor credit history can hold you back when pursuing funding for your small business,” said SCORE CEO Bridget Weston. “SCORE can help entrepreneurs understand what is in a credit report