

Our mentors are experienced entrepreneurs, corporate managers, and executives with a diverse set of industries and specialties who volunteer their experience and knowledge to help small business professionals start, develop, and grow businesses. We offer free and confidential mentoring along with low-cost or no-cost business training, and numerous templates and tools.
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.
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.
Admittedly it is not easy to hire employees today. We will discuss some strategies and platforms to use. We may also have a roundtable discussion during the workshop to hear from other business owners and what they are doing.
Presenter and SCORE Mentor John Stewart is a Multi-Business Owner. He has owned businesses since 2007. He currently has 27 team members in his companies. His companies teach martial arts and run after school programs. He has a tremendous amount of experience in growing a team, hiring, firing, promoting and most importantly company culture. Most importantly he is
SCORE Merrimack Valley NH took the time to survey their active mentors with the intent to consolidate the input given and create a top five list of most commonly used mentoring tools that are made available to MVS Chapter Members only.
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