See how we have helped small businesses in our community
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.
Have you found success in your business with the help of a SCORE mentor? Submit your success story to share on SCORE.org. Your company may be profiled in SCORE national marketing and press that can reach millions of people. We're excited to spread the word about your story!
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Launching a STEM Toy Company in A Pandemic
My SCORE mentors were critical to my success in launching a STEM Toy company during a pandemic. David Wild, Mary Couzin, Gene Murtha, Elizabeth Hauer, Bruce Ronner, and Bob... Read more
Many Veteran Hands Help Steer a Ship Towards Innovative Game Play
At this point I've worked with a number of SCORE mentors: David Wild: as a former high-level employee at Hasbro, his insight and experience has proven consistently helpful,... Read more
CareWorks Health Services
When Dang came to SCORE, she was struggling with isolation, stress, and burnout. The SCORE mentorship, professional advisory board, and CEO forum helped her increase revenue, hire... Read more
Kat the Farmer LLC
Plan for more success than you could imagine! Every idea you have could take off, then what? You'll have to choose, hone, and perfect things so that you love your job more every ye Read more
Madison Futsal
Learning a lot of details. Still implementing it, but especially helping me a lot with better support and utilizing staff well. Read more
La Cascade du Chocolate
Love is a Rose
The Zoom meetings with Mentors Ed & George kept me going & provided coaching & support that was invaluable. Read more
Scioto Analysis
I have been hooked into resources being offered during the COVID-19 crisis that have kept the company afloat. I also have found it useful to have someone to help me in... Read more
Tiny Kitchen Bakeshop, LLC
Sometimes you can really feel like you are on your own island when you are starting a business. And for someone who had very limited business experience, I had no idea where to... Read more
Married Life Counseling
SCORE and my business mentor, Connie, helped me choose office space, design a website, and create a business plan, as well as provided input, feedback, and accountability. Read more