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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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Thank you for joining us for an evening of recognition and networking at the 2024 Small Business Awards Gala, hosted by SCORE San Francisco. We appreciate the sponsorship opportunities supporting Northern California's small business community.
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.
Nonprofits need every possible dollar to advance their missions, yet finding these funds can be challenging. This workshop introduces 21 proven funding models that can help you achieve your financial goals.
What You’ll Learn:
- Funding Methods: Explore 21 diverse methods for funding a nonprofit.
- Selection Considerations: Key factors to consider when choosing a funding method.
- Corporate Giving: Multiple ways corporations contribute to charitable programs.
- Crowdfunding: Differences between equity, debt, and donation-based crowdfunding.
- State Funding: Identify lesser-known state funding opportunities.
- Fe
Follow Up Strategies That Will Get More Clients and Close More Sales
Follow-up is a critical part of the sales process and is an area of struggle for most. Follow-up should not be a hard heavy "to do" and is not something that should be pushed aside. There are a variety of reasons why so many struggle getting their follow up work done consistently. In this presentation, Wanda will get to the heart of the matter and show your audience how to overcome their follow-up challenges so they can get more clients and close more sales.
In this Follow Up Sales Strategies presentation, your will learn:
- Wh
Young businesses need funding!!
Learn how Crowdfunding sources and Angel networks operate.
You've built a successful business, but you need money to grow. What are your options to secure the necessary funding?
Learn how you can raise funds:
- Crowdfunding: an overview of platforms and what is required to participate
- Seasoned Angel Investors: how you pitch your ideas, determine evaluation, prepare due diligence and negotiate terms.
This interactive seminar will provide you with the tools to understand and effectively convince the right funders for your business.
Fee $50
This is an interactive workshop
Business Foundations for Strat-Ups: Navigating Entities & Government Filing
This is the second in a series of workshops that will assure accurate financial management to keep your business profitable.
This workshop and Finance: the Foreign Language You Must Master on 1/23 are prerequisites for Cash Is King on 2/27
Financial reporting is a crucial process for companies, lenders and investors. It provides key information that shows financial performance over time. Government and private regulatory institutions also monitor financial reporting to ensure fair trade, compensation and financial activities. Typically, you record financial activities on several key statements
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.
SCORE Empowers All Entrepreneurs
We believe that anyone can start and manage a successful small business. We also know that the road is harder for some than for others. Diverse backgrounds, different voices and unique needs may call for specialized resources and mentoring approaches.
SCORE is listening, recognizes these diverse needs, and provides personalized support in a wholly-inclusive platform called SCORE for All.
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
To do this, I strongly recommend that two people work together. If it is two
