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SCORE has produced numerous Success Stories. These are businesses that have been tracked over time and have succeeded due largely to SCORE mentor involvement. Let’s develop a mentoring relationship for you and your business and create another Success Story.
Browse through these SCORE mentoring success stories to learn more about the small businesses we've helped. Use the filters below to browse stories by business topic, entrepreneur type, business stage, or industry. Once you've learned how we've helped others, sign up for your mentor today.
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SCORE Success Story: Karen Foley and the Lancaster LGBTQ+ Coalition
A 2019 DEI study examined the challenges that the LGBTQ+ community face worldwide despite recent advances in legal and cultural progress. The results reflected the dilemma that... Read more
Turning Adversity Into Triumph: A Client Success Story
SCORE client Chris Casteel, and his venture Anew Life Prosthetics and Orthotics, are making headlines — for all the right reasons! Now seven years into a startup venture borne... Read more
Working with Hummus Goodness to Achieve Greatness
Hannah is working with Certified Mentor David Broner on package and label design, among other initiatives. Broner is convinced she will be successful: "I predict that nothing will... Read more
SCORE Helps Brighton District Library with 2019 Strategic Plan
The Brighton District Library had completed a Strategic Plan in 2009. The following decade brought several changes for the library’s 43,000 patrons. Not the least of which was a... Read more
SCORE Client Wins Hatch Detroit Contest, Will Receive $100,000 Grant from Comerica Bank
SCORE of Southeast Michigan clients Erin and Drew Pineda have won the 2019 Comerica Hatch Detroit contest. As part of their honor, the entrepreneurial couple was awarded a $100,... Read more
SCORE of Ann Arbor Helps Client Build a "Winning Mousetrap"
A year and a half ago, I-Drink Products reached out to the Ann Arbor chapter of SCORE for help in reaching their next level of international competitiveness. They were the right... Read more
Alyssa Space Leverages SCORE Resources to Launch Two Businesses
ForHerCosmetics' Success Creates Opportunity to Leverage Second Business to Give Back to Her Community Alyssa Space was always someone who looked at the world differently. Where... Read more
Entrepreneurial Couple Spread their Wings with Mentor Guidance
Get Stuck? Call SCORE! Kristin Pereira and her fiancé Alex are no strangers to the startup world. Having successfully launched a fitness studio in Wyandotte, MI — Get Fit — they... Read more
From the Courtroom to the Stage!
How a Lifelong Passion Became a Passion Project I met Karen Chapelle at the Parkman Branch Library in Detroit after she had signed up to be mentored by SCORE volunteers. I was... Read more
Kid's Atelier's Anastasiya McCurry
SCORE provided all necessary resources to be successful every step of the way, from basic business planning resources, such as templates and working spreadsheets, to the variety... Read more
Fast Flashback: Turning a Career Into a Dream Come True
Denecho originally considered starting a franchise home care service, but the price to entry was steep, and she looked for other options. With the mentorship of volunteer mentor... Read more
Sustaining a Dream -- Jordana Viuker Brennan: A SCORE Westchester Success Story
Jordana Viuker Brennan of Confident Buildings “The impact my choices have on the world has always mattered to me,” explained Jordana Viuker Brennan. This interest led her to study... Read more