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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
What To Do With An Idea? Make It A Reality With Help From SCORE!
I am fortunate to have several amazing SCORE mentors. I found Dana Connon on the SCORE website, sent her an email, and then set up an in-person meeting. Dana offered resources,... Read more
Building Business and Legacy
SCORE has helped me by defining the role to take in my business and how to work on my business instead of the day-to-day functions. They even recruited me to be a SCORE volunteer. Read more
From new business to Oregon Bride Magazine's Best Wedding Planner and All Around Vendor
Almost every year, we've been able to achieve our financial goals, our number of wedding goals, and our growth goals. Even though this past year has been incredibly rough on the... Read more