Success Stories

Mitchell began attending SCORE workshops in 2013 as he wrote his business plan. Two years later, he began working with SCORE Mentor Janet Moy, who helped him place his sauce in... Read more

Johnson began work with SCORE mentor Jim Sadler in 2009 to save his business. He says the most challenging part of turning the business around has been staff and personnel issues... Read more

Like many small business owners, Wheeler and Kitayama started a business so that they could follow their talent and passion, but the two lacked financial expertise. SCORE mentor... Read more

Not long after she started, Gmeinder realized that she wasn’t fully playing to her strengths in the services she offered. She refocused on professional speaking and trainings,... Read more

Bates first met SCORE volunteer mentor Rick Scofield in 2009, when he was working on a clothing product he had developed. He reconnected with Scofield in May 2017, about a year... Read more

Davies asked SCORE mentors for guidance with sales and marketing for his new project. He’s also attended several workshops over the past few years, including sessions on social... Read more

After attending a SCORE workshop, Drake knew she needed one-on-one help planning her business. While she had an associate’s degree in accounting and was a registered tax preparer... Read more

“We have a small staff size, so any time we have turnover it is felt across the agency,” Lessnau says. “Meeting our strategic goals has been difficult as we do not have the... Read more

SCORE mentor Ted Brooks helped Steward write a business plan and a cash flow spreadsheet. Brooks also assisted in creating job descriptions for the manager and volunteers. Steward... Read more

Beauregard says, “While I had extensive training as a therapist, I had very little business traininga nd knowledge. Through SCORE mentoring and workshops, I am continuously able... Read more

Childs meets with his mentor, Bob Whitfield, about once every three months. Bob has helped him develop the structure of the nonprofit that Childs wants to start. Childs has also... Read more

For Moreno, SCORE’s help was fundamental to his success. “Never doing this before, I kind of hit this blind. I had the working knowledge behind me of course, but the business... Read more