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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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Our Mentors

I can be particularly helpful in solving marketing strategy, business strategy, digital marketing...

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

Juan E. Rosario Jr. M.A. is a bilingual (English & Spanish) professional and personal development...

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

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

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

Provide educated, experienced and thoughtful conversation through interactive engagement.

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

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After over 30 years of teaching in the areas of entrepreneurship, finance, and sustainability, in...

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

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

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I am a results-oriented mentor with 30+ years of healthcare and senior living executive and...

I'm about to retire and I would like to continue being active in my community. My background is with...

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Stay active in business and share practical knowledge gained over 40+ years managing businesses...

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

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

Former C-Suite Executive | Educator | SCORE RI Mentor

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I can help SCORE clients develop their business ideas and support the necessary actions to launch an...

I am experienced to help improve business performance in finance and operations including, but not...

I can assist in sales strategies, operations and financial (P&L) insights, Additionally, I am well...

Mark G. DeVine, CPA from DeVine Associates in Bristol has been in the tax and accounting field...

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

Having worked in, been an officer and Board member in small businesses, both corporate and non...
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With over 40 years dedicated to the architectural profession I am broadly experienced in virtually...

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.
Issa Ramaji
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
Pamela Forman
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
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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
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