So, you want to be a consultant/coach/advisor. This program is all about reality. What is the truth about being a consultant? How much can you really make? What are the pit falls? What do you have to do to be successful?. (Duration: 1hour)
Serving Alameda, Contra Costa & Solano, San Francisco and Marin Counties
Experienced Business Professionals Help You Succeed
SCORE San Francisco East Bay offers FREE business mentoring in multiple languages, low-cost or no-cost business training, and numerous templates and tools to help you start or grow a business.
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Celebrate Small Business Excellence at Our 2025 Gala!
Join SCORE San Francisco & East Bay 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.
It’s easy to advertise with Google, but it's even easier to waste gobs of money on it. Attend this workshop to learn how to write good ads, to effectively target them how to avoid costly keyword bidding wars and other common mistakes.
Fee $10:00 Time 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Join us in this hands-on workshop in which you will first write your “Unique Value Statement” that concisely describes your product or service and its value. Using the “Lean Canvas,” you will write a draft one-page business plan – all in three hours!
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.
Instagram lets you market your business and helps you engage directly with your customers and attracts new, loyal followers! Learn how to develop a marketing strategy and use apps, tagging, hashtags, and more for Instagram marketing success.
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 17 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
To do this, I strongly recommend that two people work together. If it is two
