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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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Faerie Grace - Keynote Speaker - Let Me Motivate Your Team!
Marie Zanotti and Diana Kreiling, SCORE WESTMORELAND mentors, encouraged Faerie to create a business plan. Additionally, her mentors assisted Faerie in identifying local... Read more
Bridgeport Technology, Inc.
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
Walkers Pet HoTail
Over a period of about 5 years, six SCORE volunteers reviewes facets of their business. Areas included bookkeeping, inventory control, placement of merchandise in the sales area... Read more
McElwain Mechanical Solutions, LLC
SCORE provided them with resources that gave them the confidence that they could achieve their objectives. SCORE was particularly helpful in developing a business plan which... Read more
Bridgeport Technology
Ron and Kathy’s problem was that their debt load was mostly current carrying high interest rates. With Sam and Tom’s help they were able to restructure their debt load spreading... Read more
Grandma's Country Oven Bake Shoppe
The Score mentors acted as brain storming guides as the process started. The Young family , based on recommendations from the mentors, recreated their bakery using their own... Read more
French Express
Christophe and Nicolas were world class chefs but with no business experience needed help in creating their own business. The Score team of Bob Tupper ( Marketing), Tom Marx (... Read more
Knitsburgh
Spencer's advice for anyone considering opening their own business is to do research. She worked with the Westmoreland County chapter of the Service Corps of Retired Executives... Read more
Operations Strategy Consulting
Before meeting with her mentors, they recommended Burns attend a workshop so she could understand the basics and be ready to talk about specifics when she sat down with her... Read more
from PhD to genealogist
Richard, my mentor, has always believed in me. Even at moments of greatest difficulty, he always believed in my abilities, my capability to learn what I need, and my vision for... Read more
Creating Cozy Sanctuaries Anywhere
Reach objectives, plan for the future, launch the business. Read more
From Corporate to Startup
I needed some mentorship in marketing and sales. I did not really know where to start. Gary helped me tremendously by breaking down the process into smaller steps. He helped me... Read more