The Business Model Canvas helps you to focus on all nine parts of your business to guarantee success.
Empowering Entrepreneurs: Unlocking Success Together
Whether you're a budding entrepreneur with a groundbreaking idea or a small business owner looking to scale up we're here to lend a helping hand.
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Celebrate Small Business Excellence at Our 2025 Gala!
Join SCORE San Francisco for an unforgettable evening at the 2025 Small Business Networking and Dinner Awards Gala! This premier event brings together entrepreneurs, business leaders, and community champions to celebrate local success stories, and connect with influential professionals. Don’t miss your chance to be inspired, expand your network, and honor the small businesses shaping our region’s future.
(Ticket sales have closed but contact Susan.Lundy@ScoreVolunteer.org if you would like to attend.)
A SCORE San Francisco Success Story
Founded in 2020 by San Francisco-based entrepreneur Nussie Gebre, Munchrooms is a vegan snack company that specializes in mushroom jerky. Inspired by a love for mushrooms and a desire to offer a sustainable, plant-based alternative to traditional jerky, Munchrooms focuses on creating delicious, nutritious snacks. Despite initial challenges, including navigating production and distribution hurdles, the company has grown steadily. Munchrooms is committed to sustainability and health, using organic ingredients and eco-friendly packaging. Their journey reflects a dedication to innovation and quality in the plant-based food industry.
SCORE: 60 Years of Small Business Success
Helping 17 Million Entrepreneurs achieve their dreams
SCORE proudly celebrates 60 years of helping America’s small businesses launch, grow and thrive. Since 1964, more than 17 million entrepreneurs have received support from SCORE, a resource partner of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA).
Today, SCORE has a nationwide network of more than 10,000 volunteers serving all 50 U.S. states and territories, guiding entrepreneurs on their path to success.
This is the first in a series of monthly workshops that will assure accurate financial management to keep your business profitable.
In this first workshop, SCORE Mentor and Subject Matter Expert Quincy Yu will review the basic financial phrases and vocabulary required for an entrepreneur to evaluate their business, communicate clearly with the company bookkeeper/controller/CPA, and understand the returns being signed to ensure compliance with the IRS and State.
Registration Fee: $35
This is an interactive workshop for which we encourage your participation.
About the Presenter: Quincy Yu is a
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Beyond the Canvas: Strengthen Your Business Model with Competitive & Strategic Insights
Take your business model further with real-world strategy tools.
Learn the essential steps to legally start a business, from choosing a business structure to obtaining the necessary licenses and registrations. This workshop will explore different business entities—Sole Proprietorship, General Partnership, LLC and S-Corp—to help you determine the best fit for your needs. The workshop will also cover essential licenses, permits, registrations and fictitious business name filings, with a special focus on Bay Area-specific requirements.
About the Presenter
Mitchell Grunat is a seasoned executive with experience in consumer goods, food service, retail and medical
This is the second in a series of workshops that will assure accurate financial management to keep your business profitable.
- Prerequisite: Finance: The Foreign Language You Need to Understand
Learn how to set-up your QuickBooks company account via a presentation seminar, and take-home handouts.
- Learn how to setup your Company Profile and Preferences
- Learn how to setup your Bank
- Learn how to setup your General Ledger
- Learn how to set up Customer or Jobs
- Learn how to set up Classes
Registration Fee: $35
This is an interactive workshop for which we encourage your participation.
About the Presenter: Quincy
Register today for the free online series.
Elevate your business with SCORE’s Amazon Seller Success Series 2025, sponsored by Amazon. This series reveals proven strategies to optimize product listings, marketing tactics and operations—empowering you to scale fast. Gain actionable insights from industry experts and connect with like-minded entrepreneurs for lasting success.
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.
Small Business Resource Hubs
SCORE empowers all entrepreneurs to succeed.
We believe that anyone can start a small business with the right support. We also know that the path to success may vary based on where you are in your business journey.
SCORE is here to help with curated resources for all entrepreneurs.
We are a flower importer at the San Francisco Flower Market. We import high-quality flowers from Colombia and Ecuador and sell them to Florists, Vendors, and Event planners. We offer premium fresh, beautiful roses and hydrangeas.
Competing for and retaining top-tier talent in the current market is a major pain point for many small businesses and entrepreneurs. In this 2022 Ladies Who Launch Resilient Leadership Summit session, you’ll learn from those who are making strides in this space with limited resources, including what has worked (and not worked) and how to implement these tactics in your own business context.
- Irene Li, Co-Founder, Mei Mei Restaurant Group & Co-Founder, Prepshift
- Amy Peterson, Co-Founder & CEO, Rebel Nell
- Susan Ruth Lundy, Chapter Chair & Certified Mentor, SCORE San Francisco
Whether you are an individual entrepreneur or a team leader in a company, running a large organization within a company, or running the company itself, every year you will need to set goals for the coming year.
How do you do this will depend on your role in the company. Your input and setting goals will be very different if you are an individual entrepreneur versus someone running a team or a larger organization within a company.
Let us start with defining goals for a startup.
Setting goals for a startup company
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