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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
Overnight Success; 20 years later
Several ways!! He helped me to understand financial reports and financing. How credit works, how to get it, and what to use it for. He gave me confidence to move forward even when... Read more
It Is All Downhill From Here
My SCORE mentor(s) helped me draft a business plan. They also reviewed all of the documentation I was required to complete in order to begin working independently. Finally, they... Read more
REDCON Solutions Group (REDCON)
Our monthly meetings allow me to stay focused on the strategies we have developed. Having a clear set of valid and attainable goals has helped my business experience significant... Read more