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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.

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A SCORE San Francisco Success Story

A Taste of Success: The Story of Munchrooms in San Francisco

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.

Read about Munchroom's success

Hispanic Heritage Month highlights the vital contributions of Hispanic-owned businesses to the economy. It serves as a platform to recognize the achievements and challenges faced by Hispanic entrepreneurs while encouraging support and investment in their growth. Organizations like SCORE play a crucial role by providing resources, mentorship and guidance to help Hispanic businesses thrive. Be sure to check out the Hispanic Entrepreneurs Hub for content and webinars created especially for Hispanic business owners.

SCORE has the resources you need to achieve success, like Chris Rourk, owner of VOLTA Ion. “SCORE played a pivotal role in VOLTA Ion's journey. My SCORE mentor, Mark, guided me through rewriting our business plan during COVID, liaising with banks to secure our first loan and providing invaluable advice through their extensive network of experts.”

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Upcoming Events

QuickBooks 101 240924

QuickBooks 101

Once your company file has been set-up, learn how to use the basic QuickBooks functions via an overhead presentation seminar and a take-home handout which greatly simplifies the learning process.

• Learn how to enter customers

• Learn how to create, email or print invoices, receive payments and manage accounts receivables

• Learn how to enter bills, pay bills and manage accounts payables

• Learn how to create service or product items used for invoices

• Learn how to generate reports

• Learn how to reconcile bank accounts and credit card statements

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Learn How to Read the Financial Statements 240925

Become empowered and grow your company.

Join us for this in-person workshop at the Score SF offices, 455 Market Street, Suite 600 in downtown San Francisco. This workshop will not be recorded.

Do you want to grow your company and achieve financial freedom?

After attending this workshop, you will feel more competent about how to:

Read the most common and relevant financial statements for your company, including profit and loss and balance sheets
Analyze the present of your finances and project yourself into the future
Identify important questions for your accountant
Feel informed and make well

Planning for Profit - How to Develop a Winning Financial Plan.

How to Develop a Winning Financial Plan with P&L and cashflow statements. Understand the financial health of your business and plan for profitable growth. Fee $35 Time: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Los Estados Financieros: Únete a este seminario, empodérate, y crece tu empresa

Los Estados Financieros:

Únete a este seminario, empodérate, y crece tu empresa.

Join us for this in-person workshop at the Score SF offices, 455 Market Street, Suite 600 in downtown San Francisco. This workshop will not be recorded.

¿Deseas crecer tu empresa y lograr tu libertad financiera?

Después de atender este seminario te sentirás más competente sobre como:

1. Leer los estados financieros más comunes y relevantes para tu empresa

▪ Pérdidas y Ganancias

▪ Balance General

2. Analizar el presente de tus finanzas y proyectarte a futuro

3. Identificar preguntas importantes para tu contador

4. Sentirte

How to Start Selling in Amazon’s Store: Part II - 10/02/2024

In this session, discover how to grow and expand your business once you have started selling in Amazon's store, including how to enhance your product pages, and improve your discoverability.

Starting a Nonprofit: A Step-by-Step Guide 241008

Ready to turn your vision into reality?

Join us for a practical workshop that offers step-by-step guidance on establishing a nonprofit public charity. Ideal for those who have already decided to form a nonprofit, this session covers the essential stages from conception to achieving tax-exempt status and beyond.

What You’ll Learn:

Board Recruitment: Strategies for assembling a dedicated and effective Board of Directors.
Formation Steps: The seven critical steps to forming a nonprofit public charity.
Compliance Obligations: Key state and federal compliance requirements for public charities.
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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.

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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.

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Sunshine Flowers International

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.

Ladies Who Launch

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

Goal Setting

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

Our free mentoring helps you reach your goals!

Hispanic Heritage Month