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Get Free Expert Help from SCORE Twin Cities to Start & Grow Your Small Business.
A Partnership Focused on Making You More Successful

SCORE mentors are experienced business professionals who volunteer their time to help others start and grow their own businesses. SCORE Twin Cities offers free, confidential small business mentoring for startup and existing businesses.

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Our Mentors

With expertise in strategic marketing, I can provide guidance on opportunity assessment and business...

I can help SCORE clients by using my experience in two small business start-ups, a number of...

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Coaching on topic areas like: business plan, primary and secondary research, business planning...

I can help your business understand consumer insights, strategic planning, traditional marketing...

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Retired last week
30 years sales and sales management .

Might be useful.

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.information regarding construction startups and current problem solving.

I can help you get a retail store up and running, morph a craft, artist, or mechanic hobby into a...

I have over 40 years of experience in the securities industry as an investment banker and hedge fund...

With 20+ years of business experience, I can help clients gain clarity on their ideas, establish...

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As a growing company, I would like to know the SCORE organization better and find volunteering as a...

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I’m a recently retired executive from a large energy company where I led a local business unit. I...

I have worked in business development most of my career. Building sales teams, training them...

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Understand operations, sales, finances

The times have led me to commit to providing the assistance I can to small business with a...

I can help entrepreneurs and those looking to introduce new products to the consumer identify the...

Sales, marketing and business development professional in the software and graphic communications...

28 years with 3M in Research and Development, Marketing, Mergers and Acquisitions, international...

I would like to lend my experience and expertise to a small organization that would benefit from it...

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Sales Marketing Strategic Planning Government Contracting international trade

Help business to be successful. I have been in business my whole life and this is nothing better one...

I am an award-winning communications and marketing professional who can offer assistance to any...

Setting up accounting systems,, budgeting, business plans, financial statement anaylsis

Applying over 40 years of experience serving clients and attracting/retaining high performing...

I am a recently-retired professor of marketing (20 years, undergraduate and graduate levels). Prior...

I can help you evaluate business and product concepts to build a roadmap to a successful business...

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40 years of multi functional experience in the Food Industry. Most comfortable with Clients needing...

I have started two of my own businesses plus spent 16 years in corporate America as a sales and...

I have seen better times and I want to contribute and solve our community problems so that all...

I have 25 years of business experience and love to help people achieve their business goals. I can...

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I am a newly retired business executive with years of experience in managing, developing, and...

I would like to help my clients start their own business using their special skill or trade. How to...

A thirty plus year veteran in the construction and building products manufacturing industry, Steve...

I worked for over 42 years in both in a retail setting and wholesale distribution. I have experience...

It is fulfilling to help others succeed and thrilling to learn of new business ideas.

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My objective is to help you achieve success quickly. I had my own small business financing company...

As a recently retired business executive I would like to give back to entrepreneurs by sharing my...

I can help you improve your business performance in finance, marketing and operations. As a proven...

I've had some amazing mentors that have guided me over my personal and professional life and would...

I mentor diversity clients. I can develop training and education packages; Design and deliver online...

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I have always been in the corporate world for my career and recently took a break from my latest...

My wife and I began a local independent bicycle shop from scratch six years ago. in 2018 (?) we won...

Operations, Sales, Marketing including Digital Marketing, and Business Planning

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My employer, U.S. Bank, has a long standing relationship with SCORE which I learned about when I...

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I have a passion for serving and making a difference in the lives of others. I would like the...

Primarily as a mentor to help in many areas of business and finance, consulting, contracting, IT...

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Especially like working with people in arts and entertainment, home-based businesses, consultants...

My primary expertise is in helping clients improve existing businesses. I have significant...

I can help SCORE clients with their market research and help them identify opportunities, and their...

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Having purchased, operated and sold a UPS Store franchise, I can help with small business start ups...

Expert in Start up Business. Very knowledgeable in Business Problems. 50 years of electronic and...

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i AM 73 YEARS OLD, retired in 2019 from executive business management roles over a 40+ year career...

With over 40 years of experience in the Property/Casualty insurance industry and retail sporting...

The American capitilist system has been good to me. After 15 yars in the corporate world, I founded...

I can help you with the basics of creating and running a business. I have a wide background from...

I have worked with SCORE in various roles. Working at Deluxe Corporation, I was part of the team...

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Medi Jiwani has worked as a Chief Financial Officer and a Senior Finance Executive, and has over 30...

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Mentor and Subject matter

I want to impact someone's life by providing help and knowledge. The entrepreneur world is changing...

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I have over 40 years of business experience at various middle and senior levels. I feel mentoring...

I have developed a skillset of project management, product commercialization, business strategy and...

I can help clients learn professional sales techniques and in turn increase their sales and profits...

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Accounting & Finance;Business Plan;Business Structure;Customer Service;Management & Operations;Work...

I can help clients identify new opportunities, empower employees, make critical decisions, build...

Score helped me when I started my business and when I sold my business. Now it is time for me to...

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I can help SCORE clients cut to the most critical business planning and execution steps for success...

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Professional Experience: I owned my own business from 1992 to 2005. In 2006 I bought a franchise The...

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Worked for Unisys Corporation helping to run their R D center. My teams developed web-based and...

I help improve your business performance through understanding both your business and its...

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I can help with the challenges of new product development and successful launch. With a broad range...

Pay It Forward Program through the City of St. Paul

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I can help entrepreneurs think through some of the most fundamental issues such as what their...

Grow new and established businesses.

I am a business advocate who is able to harness the energies of multiple stakeholders to deliver...

Pierce County Economic Development Corporation Executive Director- November 2017 to September2024....

As a former SBDC Consultant and currently an SBA Portfolio Manager for Falcon National Bank, I feel...

I am a mentor [a teacher + certified life coach].

I empower clients to move through their business...

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Over 5 years of experience in high volume retail operations, Bachelor Degree in Marketing from Metro...

Recently retired from a successful career in B to B sales and general management, my goal is to keep...

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As a previous owner of a small business, I believe that I have had exposure to many areas that...

I am an engineer with business experience as an executive. I have experienced multiple roles at...

My passion is marketing and advertising. This world of marketing is amazingly dynamic and has been...

I can help SCORE clients with business formation, purchase and sale of businesses, purchase, sale,...

I am a 62 year old retired CEO looking to give back to the community and have a little bit of fun at...

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advising on leases, retail and real estate

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My last 30 were with Cub Foods and SuperValu In the accounting, budgeting, purchasing and contract...

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Steps on how to get started (Sec of State, website, phone number, EIN number, business account...

Help clients review accounting and financial reporting needs, both accounting process, software, and...

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Teacher in Mankato and Mankato State University; Executive of YMCA Ridgedale/Camp Christmas Tree...

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Broad marketing experience. Founded/ran a successful small business. Harvard MBA. After serving in...

I can help with business planning and strategy, marketing planning and execution

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Retied. Interested in helping healthcare entrepreneurs grow their skillset to develop and...

Extensive. experience in start up and angel investing . I have direct CEO experience in managing...

How I can help you?

I understand the opportunities and challenges of owning a small business after...

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I am a computer science engineer turned CEO, with a strong process orientation who is able to...

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I have lived and worked in the Twin Cities for over 35 years, all of that time in commercial banking...

I'm here to help aspiring business owners achieve their goals. During my career in banking and real...

I have recently retired as a Director at 3M, where I gained extensive experience and expertise in...

I can assist clients needing expertise in sales, marketing and presentation skills. I have over 10...

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Consult and coach new businesses

Throughout my career, I have held leadership positions in entrepreneurial companies within the...

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I can help you to improve your business in the areas of process management, business planning, B2B...

I worked for 40 years with and within technology organizations. My specialty is project management...

Having spent my working career in commercial lending and credit administration, I can assist clients...

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I have worked in the Biomedical field for over 30 years. I am now retired and looking to give back.

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I like to leverage my professional work experience in government contracts, government finance...

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Marketing/Merchandise Mgr. for large US chain. National Accts. Mgr. selling to Home Depot, Loewes...

Sales and marketing executive with over 35 years of strategic financial product experience involving...

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.

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.

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