Success Stories

SCORE’s online and in-person class offerings gave Stegmann a solid foundation in taxes and business strategy. Her mentors, Bob and Carol Vakiener, offered input on her business... Read more

Volk says SCORE mentors Joe Hausenbauer and Robert Tongen have been instrumental in guiding her through the process of funding her first production runs. She says, “They were... Read more

Quickly after embarking on her small business journey, Scales found SCORE, and started meeting weekly with SCORE mentor John Soutar. Soutar gave her checklists for each phase of... Read more

In Italy Tantardini was the head of a purchasing department where he managed six employees and an annual budget of $50 million euros. Even with a background in business,... Read more

“Len was the first person I felt comfortable showing all the facts to,” Charkoudian admits. “He was really able to look at my numbers without judgement. My friends and family were... Read more

SCORE mentors helped with the important first step: determining whether the business could ever be profitable before Kotowitz committed to buying the country club. SCORE helped... Read more

The club has grown over the years, but Brooks wanted to take it to the next level. He attended a SCORE business planning class at the Chapel Hill Chamber of Commerce, where he met... Read more

Ruiz had been waitlisting families for tutoring services for three consecutive years, so she knew she needed help growing her business. When she overheard a conversation about... Read more

“I had never taken a business class before or done any sort of formal business training,” Mateer says. He looked to SCORE to talk through problems like working with vendors and... Read more

Darbyshire has known volunteer mentor Kostas “Gus” Gregory for a while and trusted his advice. “He told me about SCORE over golf one day and given his past experience and mine I... Read more

Several times a year I meet with the SCORE Northeast New Jersey Chapter to discuss ways to give my service more exposure. One mentor asked to see my business card and suggested an... Read more

The Finfrocks worked with SCORE mentors Sam Dickson, Tom Marx, and Dave Vale on getting a business consolidation loan and line of credit, meeting with the mentors weekly or... Read more