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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Town and Country Quilt Shop's success with SCORE
Jon has been instrumental in the growth of my business. I've always been a strong quilter but not always confident in building a real business out of it. With Jon's help, I've... Read more
Shirt Pickle, Inc.
Pickles worked with SCORE mentor Frank Uhlman. He says, “An important part of our startup was to secure initial funding. As this was a completely new company, our Business Plan... Read more
Greg Liberto Focus
Liberto met SCORE mentor Steve Martin at a Straight Talk SCORE workshop. When Martin immediately addressed some of his planning and marketing questions, Liberto decided to seek... 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. Those tools... 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. Since then, he has attended many... 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. Martin... 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. SCORE's Straight Talk Series helped... 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. He started his career in... Read more
KnowledgeForce Consulting LLC
KnowledgeForce Consulting LLC, owned and operated by Ginine M. Capozzi, is a full-service talent development firm that specializes in curriculum and course development, and... Read more
Buffalo Creative Group
SCORE assisted Leslie with creating a more useful, functional services contract that is now used with every new client. SCORE also assisted Taylor with legal questions as well as... Read more