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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.
Thank you for joining the Small Business Gala, Check out our award winner videos!
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.
Do you have knowledge that other people need to hear? Would your expertise be able to change lives? You might be sitting on a gold mine! Now more than ever, you have multiple platforms that you can SPEAK on and grow your business (yes, even from your own laptop). In this presentation, Leisa Reid pulls back the curtain on the steps needed to get consistently booked as a speaker.
In this talk you will learn:
- The KEY to Unlocking Your Speaking Book-ability
- How to Uncover the Treasure Sitting in Your Backyard
- The #1 Secret to a Steady Stream of Speaking Referrals
Registration Fee $35
This is an interac
The laws affecting California businesses are constantly changing. Get up to speed on what is new in 2025 and the impact on California workplaces.
This workshop will discuss these changes:
- How new laws and court cases will impact California businesses in 2025
- Wage and hour updates, including a higher minimum wage
- A discussion of PAGA and how the recent changes affect all employers
- Insight into the expansion of restraining orders which give businesses a new tool to protect employees
- and more!!
Registration fee $35
This is an interactive workshop for which we encourage your participation.
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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
