Local Mentors

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A Partnership Focused on Making You More Successful

SCORE Northwest Ohio mentors are experienced business professionals who volunteer their time to help others start and grow their own businesses. Get paired with your SCORE mentor to start or continue your business journey with expert guidance!

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5 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

Lawrence King

With over 35 years of corporate legal experience, I can help you with issues related to business...

Jim E Matzinger

I can help clients with business plans, strategic planning, marketing and financial issues.

Paul C Pellioni

I can help clients with business plans, business structure, marketing, management, finance, tax...

Mark T Meyer

I can help clients just starting out in a new business or help someone that is struggling with a...

Kyle Keiser

Having been a part of my family business for nearly 20 years, I can help clients with...

James M Staneluis

I can help you to start or to expand your own business including business structure, management...

John Guinivere

With over 35 years of restaurant and food service experience, I can help clients with any aspect of...

Joel S Beren

With over 40+ years I have a continuously successful record as a private business entrepreneur, not...

Martin T Rini

I can help clients with website content, software and applications, product development, marketing...

James Lurie

I can help both a) established companies which need a financial turnaround due to issues involving...

Robert Petrie

As an experienced business owner that started with no customers and grew a start up to an Inc 5000...

Sarah Burns

I can help clients with IT Technology, IT Services and software applications.

John P Kraus

I recently retired at 60 with the idea that I will become a serial volunteer (work that I've done a...

Mike Messmer

I can help you start, run, and grow your business. I am an experienced entrepreneur with over 24...

John Bodner

I can help clients who want to start a new business including establishing an LLC (or another...

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.

An Entrepreneur for Changing Times

On the outskirts of Liberty Center, Ohio, surrounded by farmland, “in the middle of nowhere,” stands a good-sized warehouse. The heavy-duty steel racks are crammed with all sorts of merchandise: imports from China, novelty hats, power drinks, cell phone chargers, and much more.This is DSD Express, owned and operated by Tyler Smith, a 33-year-old Marine veteran who runs what used to be called a distributor, middleman, or wholesaler. Nowadays the popular term is “logistics,” and it all boils down to buying and stocking a variety of goods to be resold to retailers or others. This is what Tyler

How One Person Is Making a Big Difference

How One Person Is Making A Big Difference She looks like a typical college coed, sipping a Coke and eating a Danish at Panera’s.But Paula Walters is a whirlwind in disguise, a force to be reckoned with, as she tries to change the legal and judicial landscape in the area.Paula’s target is anything having to do with violent offenders and violent crimes: human trafficking, sex offenders, sexual assault, child abuse, and domestic violence.She is making a difference.Paula admits to being exhausted, working two jobs to carry out her mission. She is a cardiac tech in a local hospital, and also a

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