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Shirt Pickle, Inc.
Pickles worked with SCORE mentor Frank Uhlman. He says, “An important part of our startup was to secure initial funding. Read more
Greg Liberto Focus
Liberto met SCORE mentor Steve Martin at a Straight Talk SCORE workshop. Read more
Janie’s Emporium Boutique
Taggart-Powell attended SCORE’s Straight Talk Conference on two occasions. She also took advantage of some of SCORE’s other offerings including workshops and seminars. Read more
716 Home Inspections
Paolini attended the Starting and Managing Your Own Business workshop, where he learned more about the mentorship opportunities SCORE offers. Read more
Nicole Williams Collective
Williams met with volunteer Steve Martin through video mentoring. “When I first connected with Steve I knew right then that he was the perfect mentor for me,” she says. Read more
Grand Island Waste Management LLC
Alpine Made LLC
Alpine Made has worked with SCORE for over two years, gaining invaluable insight on every aspect of business start-up & in business advice. Read more
Skate Ahead of WNY
Skate Ahead of WNY is an off-ice hockey training system and is the culmination of years in off-ice training development and research by Jared Byer, CPFT. Read more
KnowledgeForce Consulting LLC
KnowledgeForce Consulting LLC, owned and operated by Ginine M. Read more
Buffalo Creative Group
SCORE assisted Leslie with creating a more useful, functional services contract that is now used with every new client. Read more