SCORE Portland offers free, confidential small business mentoring for startup and existing businesses in Northwest Oregon. Browse the options below or get paired with your expert mentor today!
Our Local SCORE business professionals have decades of experience in a wide range of industries and expertise in the basic business disciplines. They are available to just answer a few of your business questions, or mentor you ongoing into the future assisting you develop and grow your business. Some of the many business activities they can advise you on include:
Starting a new Business
Creating a Business Plan
Registering a New Business in Oregon
Project Management
Negotiating a Lease
Customer identification
Managing cash, financial forecasting
Contracting with government
Brand creation and management
Financing a business
Government contracting
Buying or selling a business
Hiring and training employees
Franchising
Creating a website
Selling to customers
Business and demographic research
Engaging an accountant, attorney, tax preparer
Accounting Finance Human Resources Operations Management Sales Marketing eCommerce Strategic Planning Customer Service Information Technology
Information Technology - Domestic Service - Real Estate - Retail Management - Food Production - Hospitality - Restaurants - Insurance - Import & Export - Logistics and Distribution Services - Medical/Therapy, Personal, Professional - Communications Tech - Computer Technology - Manufacturing - Software & Applications - Wholesale - Product Development - Construction - Logistics/Transportation - Training and much more
Enter your zip code below and fill out the mentoring request form. We will pair you with a mentor and assist you in setting up a free mentoring appointment.
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
I am interested in providing support to my community. Score's mission, vision, and values closely...
As a business founder and past president of multiple companies, as an angel investor behind numerous...
40yrs in software/tech industry as engineer, exec, enterprise consultant and entrepreneur. Currently...
CEO Sales Marketing Finance Administration Engineering Startups Small Company Growing Company Large...
I grew up in many-generational entrepreneurial family and was expected to be a significant...
I can help Score Clients with the basic operations of small business from startup to legacy...
I have over 25 years of experience in executive leadership positions in global Technology companies...
SCORE CERTIFIED MENTOR
2015 - Present
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND RELATED SKILLS
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My career began in the early 70’s. As is common it would seem, a business opportunity presented...
My goal is to help clients run the gauntlet of creating and validating their business plans and...
For over 15 years I've been a member of a private CEO group where I've helped business owners and...
I can help for-profit and nonprofit organizations with a wide variety of Human Resources and...
I have been mentoring clients for some years now and find this an incredible joy to see the...
Provide export/import mentoring and conduct workshops in,
Import/Export For Profit,
Importing Into...
Im a seasoned technologist with over 27 years of experience leading uncharted IT and e-commerce...
I have an extensive background in Sales, Marketing and Customer Service, B2B and B2C distribution...
I look forward to helping Score clients thinking through business opportunities, roadblocks...
I would like to help those that may face similar obstacles as I did when I started my business and...
Provide start-up assistance with business development, processes, human resources, sales and...
I can help improve business performance in human resources, marketing, and business operations. As a...
I can help across a broad range of strategy issues, including product and market definition...
Patient Listener; Trained in Problem Solving and Process Improvements, I can dig for root causes and...
If you are looking for advice and direction with a business in the Hospitality Industry, Hotel, and...
Real Estate lease negotiator retired from the commercial real estate industry. Licensed Principal...
Over 30 years experience in high technology; primarily in flat panel displays. In the role of senior...
I can share my experience with starting and running a specialty audio manufacturing company (Triad...
10 years experience in home improvement retail management, 6 years experience in financial services...
A Global "C" Level Executive (President, GM, CFO etc) with a unique blend of operations and finance...
Involved in building materials, operations, manufacturing, marketing and distribution.
I come to SCORE with 39 years of IT and Telecom Industry sales, sales management, start up of...
Author and entrepreneur. I specialize in marketing strategy to capture attention, engage an audience...
If your business has an Internet presence, I can help you spend your time and money wisely with...
Owned and operated a retail furniture store for 45 years. Able to provide insight into the front end...
I can help Clients that are just starting a business or have an idea that they want to discuss. My...
With over 20 years of tech industry experience, I have held various engineering and management...
With a background in finance, operations, and analysis, I can help evaluate potential opportunities...
I have 40 years of experience in the banking industry primarily working with businesses with up to...
I'm an experienced business leader, manager, and engineer who wants to do more for his community....
Provides chapter operational support only
Marketing strategy, Business planning, Finance and accounting. I have expertise in Cash Flow...
I retired from Intel in 2019 after a 35-year career in engineering and technology. I have experience...
I can help SCORE clients in areas including leadership and personal effectiveness. Prior to...
Paul Menig is the leader of Business Accelerants™ Powered by Tech-I-M. At Business Accelerants™, we...
Accounting & finance, Budgeting, Business plan, Business financial structure.
Cash flow and funding...
I come to SCORE with experience of building a business from a small four person enterprise to a...
Early in my career, I served as a senior financial officer in several closely held businesses; later...
As an experienced mentor, I can guide aspiring entrepreneurs through the process of starting a...
I specialize in guiding clients through the development of business plans, startup processes, and...
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.
