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December 2018
Distribution:
All Active & Provisional Volunteers
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SCORE Central Oregon Serves 40% More Clients
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With 18 chapter mentors,
SCORE Central Oregon worked hard to mentor 42.5% more clients in FY17 compared to FY16. Director of
Field Operations, Andrew Beamon, calls such growth exceptional. SCORE Central Oregon responded to 295 client requests in FY 17-18, compared to 207 client requests in FY 16-17.
The City of Bend has posted on its website six blogs about the chapter's mentors; and last year it posted online newsletter features as well.
SCORE Central Oregon Chairperson, John Harris, says: "The Bend-Redmond Area in 2016 grew 8.1% economically, second nationally. We met small business owners' demands--engines for this growth."
The chapter also added 7 new volunteers this year to provide mentoring, in addition to hosting open mentoring sessions in the Deschutes Library locally on Tuesday nights.
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SCORE Memphis Hosts Annual Small Business Bootcamp
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SCORE Memphis
offers 25 free workshops throughout the year, and its' capstone event is the annual SCORE Memphis Small Business Boot Camp: Roadmap to Success. This year the event had ~50 budding entrepreneurs and local business owners in attendance
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CEO Ken Yancey gave the opening remarks for the event. There were four featured workshops and a lunch roundtable discussion featuring successful SCORE clients. Attendees gave rave reviews.
"I've been to several SCORE events, and I will say going to the meetings has been really helpful," said local business owner Fatondra Gardner.
Photo credit: Patrick Lantrip of The Daily Memphian
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SCORE NYC Helps Reinvent 109-Year-Old Company
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SCORE clients Bob Chory and Tom Siegenthaler, two longtime workers at Valente Bakery Supplies, bought the 109-year-old business and with the help of a SCORE mentor Tom Greenbaum, reinvented it and now have it growing at a rate of about 25 percent a year. Their business was recently highlighted in local news WCBS radio's Small Business Spotlight.
"We were very interested in the viability of the name and the company and the fact that they were rebuilding a many-year-old company," Greenbaum of SCORE NYC said. "However, in our very first meeting we said to these gentlemen we've gotta make some changes to bring you into the current environment in terms of marketing and sales, internet, digital marketing. And that really was our initial focus, bring you into the new century. I believe on day one, one of the things we said to them is you gotta hire a director of marketing and sales."
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SCORE Greater Cincinnati Chapter Announces Client of the Year
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Kemba Credit Union, one of Cincinnati's leading financial institutions, presented
SCORE Cincinnati's 2018 Client of the Year award to Kristen C. Bailey,owner of
Sweet & Meats BBQ, and recognized all local nominees. Kristen wass the first recipient to take home a $3,000 prize, provided by Kemba Credit Union. "Hearing the different stories and all the hard work these clients have put into growing their business and engaging in our communities is exciting. We have been privileged to work with SCORE to assist these business owners in making a brighter future for Cincinnati," said Dan Sutton, President/CEO of Kemba.
"I'm very proud of the progress made by Kristen Bailey and Sweets & Meats BBQ," said mentor Mike Mulligan. "She has tirelessly grown her sales, serving 37,000 customers and employing 11 people in just four years of operation. She possesses incredible drive and business moxie and a passion for her business that is outstanding. She has overcome a myriad of obstacles to growing her business but still takes time to give back to the Community by helping other small business owners especially MORTAR students."
Kristen shared about her SCORE mentor, Mike Mulligan: "Mike has provided assistance every step of the way and has proven to be an excellent resource when business advice is needed or any time we had challenges gaining access to capital." Mike helped Kristen develop a business plan, follow regulations for hiring staff, helped Sweet & Meats BBQ become a regular vendor at local events, and helped with securing financing for their different business ventures.
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SCORE Lehigh Valley Women's Event With Focus
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SCORE Lehigh Valley recently held a women in business event where mentor, Lou Allegra, spoke with an audience of women entrepreneurs on the importance of an elevator pitch.
The Elevating Your Elevator Speech session offered startup guidance, opportunities to practice their elevator speech, and networking opportunities. Over 25 were in attendance.
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SCORE Dallas Offers Series of SEO and Digital Marketing Workshops
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SCORE Dallas mentor
Stan Booth has been with the chapter
for almost five years. Over this time he has developed numerous workshop and mentoring materials on web marketing. His materials include a short summary road map supported by hot links and a few free programs
(SEOptimer, SEOquake, and KeywordsEverywhere).
The inspiration is to simplify the web marketing process was the short-form roadmap summary for an idea to business.
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SCORE Canton Receives Community Service Award
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SCORE Canton was awarded a Community Service Award by the Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce at their annual awards dinner on November 7, 2018. The award was presented by Dennis Saunier, President & CEO of the Canton Chamber.
The SCORE chapter and the Canton Regional Chamber work together to promote and host local small business workshops.
Over the years, SCORE Canton has earned significant recognition - 5 times District Chapter of the Year, and once National Chapter of the Year.
What makes the chapter tick?
The chapter's own organic growth. During the last decade, chapter membership has grown from 20 to 45 members. The chapter now annually conducts more than 800 in-person counseling sessions and over 90 workshops on a wide range of topics.
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