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SCORE Northeast Indiana
Serving Northeast Indiana | Fort Wayne, Kendallville, Warsaw, and Huntington
We provide free and confidential one-on-one business counseling by phone, email, and in-person in Northeastern Indiana. We also conduct workshops for both start-up entrepreneurs and seasoned small business owners.
Join us for the Build a Better Business Conference on November 15, 2024.
In this workshop, you will learn how to reach more customers and grow you business with Google Ads.
In this session, we'll talk about:
- How to create an account and set up an ad campaign
- How to write great ads, define key words, and include ad extensions
- How to measure success
Presented by Maria Elena of KLI brands.
A business plan is a roadmap for your business. In this workshop, we'll cover the essential elements of business plan development, including setting goals & objectives, preparing marketing & financial plans, and defining steps to attain proper goals
Local Success Stories
Discover The Confetti Post's journey in the party industry, spreading happiness with vibrant care packages. Learn how SCORE mentorship fueled success.
From old-model car maintenance to resurrecting the classics, they do it all. A SCORE mentor helped them get started.
When Cookie Cottage was in its beginning stages, we sought the advice of an organization called SCORE of Fort Wayne. "SCORE has been mentoring new and existing businesses for over 40 years and has a network of over 13,000 volunteers who donate their time to help entrepreneurs." If you are starting or currently own a business, we highly recommend placing SCORE of Fort Wayne on your list of business resources. Learn more about SCORE of Fort Wayne Mentors. Also, be sure to "Like" their Facebook Business Page for valuable business insight.
Meet the people of SCORE
Jennifer Angelo is here to help, and SCORE of Northeast Indiana is better off for it.
Jennifer, who heads a Farm Bureau Insurance agency in Columbia City, carves out time from her full schedule to assist SCORE as a volunteer. While SCORE mentors and subject-matter experts impart advice and counsel to SCORE clients, it’s the volunteers like Jennifer who are equally valuable to the effort.
“I help with SCORE events,” she said in a recent conversation, "and volunteers also help with educational efforts that assist the mentoring. We take part in committee activities on a month-by-month basis
Good financial advice can be priceless — even when you’re not paying for it. That’s when some clients of SCORE Northeast Indiana chapter have learned about James Weber.
Weber has been affiliated with SCORE for nearly a year in the role of a "subject-matter expert” — a volunteer advisor who assists clients in very specific area. His area happens to be among the most sensitive and critical for any business — all things financial.
“One mistake new entrepreneurs tend to make is focusing their financial attention only on their business,” he observed in a recent conversation. “That’s where I come
Bruce Westendorf has been there, done that in the local small business arena. Now he wants to help others get there — he sees SCORE of Northeast Indiana as the ideal way to do that.
Westendorf, an executive with Altice USA, is also a SCORE mentor. He advises and counsels local entrepreneurs and small-business owners on nearly every facet of their enterprises. He has been a mentor for 18 months and says he is glad to give back to the community some of the knowledge he has acquired over nearly 25 years of creative executive work in the Fort Wayne area.
“I have a broad range of experiences I
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.
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.
