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Get Free Expert Help from SCORE South Sound/Tacoma to Start & Grow Your Small Business

A Partnership Focused on Making You More Successful

Whether you are a start-up or an existing business, our business experts will help you and your business open new markets, reach new customers, and achieve new goals. Find your mentor today!

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5 Simple Steps to SCORE Mentoring:

Identify

Identify your small business needs and desired support.

Request

Request a SCORE Mentor as your advisor to small business success.

Schedule

Schedule a mentoring session with your assigned SCORE mentor

Set Goals

Set goals for your small business with guidance from your SCORE mentor.

Advance

Work with your SCORE mentor through the life of your business.

Our Mentors

David Fitterer

20 year career in auto parts wholesale and retail(140 stores) followed by 25 year career as mergers...

DT North

I started my first business at the age of 10 and have spent most of my working life self-employed. I...

Dale A Danielson

The opportunity to share my business knowledge and experience.

Alex M. Lynch

I help simplify finances and create plans to achieve goals (business and personal). That means a...

Jonathan Jaramillo

I have recently retired from a position where I was mentor to many across the country. I enjoyed...

Terry Jones

I founded in 1979 a mental health consulting firm that provided services to business and industry. I...

Frank J Breen

Four years US Navy Officer. Seventeen years in food processing with Nalleys Fine Foods. One year...

Elizabeth Frisino

Vought Aircraft Industries Northrop Grumman Corporation HSBC Banking Corporation RESOURCES GLOBAL...

Luther Chau

I have been in business for 20 years and gone from being a solopreneur to having multiple employees...

David Wemmer

- Business Strategy Planning Development and Execution
- Business leadership across multiple...

Margaret Brost

I know what it is like to start from scratch, build, work on, grow, and sell a successful business....

Jeff Freedman

I can help you start up your business from idea generation to finding and opening your new location...

Entrepreneurs Succeed with SCORE Mentors

What is better than one very passionate, forward-thinking entrepreneur working to make a business highly successful? How about two very passionate, forward-thinking entrepreneurs working on your business ownership goals? That is what SCORE offers to all small business owners: mentors who work alongside entrepreneurs to realize their small business ownership dreams.

See how SCORE mentors have made a difference for other small business owners like you.

SCORE Success Story: Keisha Finnie Art

Beverley was the sweetest woman from the day we met. She found the proper help of a co-mentor to set me up with the tax credentials I needed at that time.

Fukuburger

Discover the inspiring journey of restaurateur Colin Fukunaga, who transformed the dining experience in Las Vegas with Fukuburger. Find out how SCORE advisors helped him turn his passion into a thriving business.

Front Porch Baking Co. Owner with SCORE Mentor

SCORE Success Story: Front Porch Baking

"Working with my mentor provided and continues to provide me with an outsider outlook on my business who can always show me the objectives and be a sounding board to problem solve."

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