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No matter where you are on your entrepreneurial journey, our SCORE mentors are ready to assist. SCORE Rhode Island mentors are highly successful and seasoned business professionals and entrepreneurs with the experience and knowledge to help you achieve your small business.

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Set Goals

Set goals for your small business with guidance from your SCORE mentor.

Advance

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Our Mentors

Ronald Joel Caniglia

Although I have been in the building business since 1964, the past 42 years have been as a...

Yemi A Sekoni

With over 45 years in the entertainment industry, a master's degree in business administration...

Ross McWilliams

Through both my educational background and professional work experience, I can help clients navigate...

Edward P Fink

I'd like to pay it forward to assist small business owners by sharing my expertise and experience in...

John Schibler

Former C-Suite Executive | Educator | SCORE RI Mentor

I bring decades of executive leadership...

Michael A Kazan

With over 40 years dedicated to the architectural profession I am broadly experienced in virtually...

Steven A Micheletti

With over 40 years in the restaurant/hospitality industry I have acquired experience and expertise...

Albert Pereira

Develop action plans for new and current small businesses, review strategic and tactical business...

Bob Mignarri

I have recently retired, and I am looking to keep active with something that can stimulate me and...

James Mutschler

I can help you to start a new business or to enhance your existing business operations. I will help...

Michael Kennedy

I retired in 2023 from full time employment after 40 years of working in small and medium sized...

Joan B Dwyer

I was a small business owner for 25+ years and am a business coach, life coach and entrepreneur. I...

Kelly LaChance Guertin

I can help you strategize and implement effective business plans, optimize operations for efficiency...

Deborah Pannullo Esq

Let me assist you in mapping out your journey to success. It takes a village to create and sustain...

Vic Grigorian

With 30 solid years of background in leadership, spearheading operations, consulting, and business...

Babak Taleghani

Job-Cost Accounting, Document Management (ECM), Construction Project Management, Software...

William A McCourt

Semi-Retired CFO / Business Operations person who would like to use my experience and expertise to...

Dr Frank Suli

I help clients bring structure, clarity, and confidence to their business decisions. My background...

Chris Westerkamp

I want to offer my skills to help new and established businesses

Jay Veloo

Rental property investing . Building a rental property portfolio.

Robert J Clayton

Started and own 11 store retail chain for 25 years

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.

dataArrows Helps Schools, Hospitals, and other Buildings Overcome COVID Risks

I spoke recently with Issa Ramaji, a first-generation immigrant who co-founded dataArrows, Inc. ( www.dataarrows.com) in 2019. We learned about his journey as an entrepreneur and how his company got an unexpected lift from being able to address a problem created by the COVID crisis. Tell us the story of founding your company and what inspired you The spark of the idea came from a personal experience. I immigrated to the United States to get my Ph.D. in architectural engineering at Penn State University. As Ph.D. students, we would go to classes and learn about building optimization. Meanwhile

Bluemoonstone Creations

Jewelry designer Pamela Forman launched Bluemoonstone Creations ( bluemoonstone.net) in 2012. She designs handcrafted sterling silver and 18K gold vermeil jewelry pieces with rainbow moonstones and other semi-precious gemstones. Pamela’s story reflects the goal of many aspiring entrepreneurs. She describes it this way, “I’m proud that I created the life I had dreamed of. After feeling unfulfilled as a senior designer of a company, designing jewelry I did not care for, I took the leap and initiated a path to my happiness. While I was traveling to Bali on my vacations for yoga retreats, I had an

RI SCORE guidance helps Pawtucket printing company grow

2013 Joseph G.E. Knight Award for Entrepreneurial Excellence SCORE guidance helps Pawtucket printing company grow Jeanne Salisbury grew up in a family that had a strong work ethic. She was taught at an early age that you had to work hard to get what you want. Don’t wait for a handout. Words that, decades later, Jeanne continues to live by. While her five children were in school, Jeanne worked part time at her sister-in-law’s printing company in North Providence. Over the 14 years that she worked there, Salisbury learned a lot about the printing business. In 2006, after battling health issues