Transcript Mentors to America’s Small Business is the Premier Source for Small Business Advice and Mentoring in America .

Mentors to America’s Small Business
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is the Premier Source for Small
Business Advice and Mentoring in America . . .
• Established in 1964
• 13,000 volunteers at 364 chapters nationwide
provide individual mentoring
• SCORE is:
a nonprofit association
dedicated to small business education
focused small business success
an all volunteer corps
giving back
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SCORE HAS ONE PURPOSE
ONE AGENDA
“HELP SMALL BUSINESSES SUCCEED”
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We do that by . . .
• providing guidance
• helping solve practical problems
• helping mold the thought processes
• helping avoid mistakes
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Number of Businesses
Michigan
Ohio
Small employers
(500< employees)
173,284
195,830
Large Employers
(500+ employees)
3,019
3,817
Non Employers
632,618
706,539
Total Business
808, 921
902, 369
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What SCORE offers clients . . .
mentoring during the entire life cycle of their business
building long term relationships
•Mentoring
•Workshops
•Seminars
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Why Score…..
• SCORE clients started a total of 38,630 new businesses in 2013
• SCORE new businesses added 67,319 jobs to the economy in
2013
• Businesses that received mentoring from SCORE grossed
$ 19.4 billion in 2013 revenue
• At least 90.1% of SCORE’s “In Business” clients (those already
in business in 2012 were still in business in 2013).
SCORE volunteers donate more than 1.1 million hours per year
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Our business is to help small business succeed!
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We possess the knowledge
• We have the practical experience
• We have the tools
• We help throughout the business life
• Mentoring is free, and as often needed
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Take Away Points . . .
•All SCORE services are provided by volunteers!
•All SCORE services are confidential!
•All SCORE mentoring is free!
•All SCORE mentors have hands on business
experience!
•All SCORE mentors are trained and certified!
• SCORE provides mentoring as often as the client
requests
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Who are we ?
We are …..
www.tipofthemitt.score.org
www.score-michigan.com
www.score.org
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Tip-of-the-Mitt SCORE
Chapter 0622
• Established in 1988
• Andy Hayes, Executive Director, Petoskey
Chamber of Commerce
– believed a SCORE chapter would be a helpful
program to the Petoskey Chamber and the
community.
– joined forces with Bill Douglass, a Harbor Springs
Kiwanian
– they put the wheels in motion.
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Tip-of-the-Mitt SCORE
Harbor Springs Kiwanis Club provided the first
10 volunteers to become SCORE mentors.
• Bill Douglass attended Traverse City SCORE
meetings for one year
– Trained the 10 volunteers
Bill served as chapter chair for 10 years
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Tip-of-the-Mitt SCORE
SCORE meetings
• Petoskey Chamber of Commerce
• Tuesdays and Thursdays
• 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
• Or when and where needed
Service is provided in Northern Michigan and
the Upper Peninsula.
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Tip-of-the-Mitt SCORE
Fourteen counselors:
• Five have MBAs
• One each: attorney, CPA, HR executive
• More: small business owners, engineers,
banking, real estate, health care,
construction, automotive, manufacturing
• On call: “Aces” for special needs
– hospitality, website development, women in
business
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Areas of expertise
• Business plan
development
• Marketing
• Accounting and finance
• Loan application
• Non-profit organizations
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Engineering
Acquisitions
Manufacturing
Government contracts
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Tip-of-the-Mitt SCORE
Work with Northern Lakes Economic Alliance
(NLEA)
• Tom Erhart (NLEA)
Regular member SCORE team
SCORE and NLEA
Conduct workshops
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Tip-of-the-Mitt SCORE
Success stories
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Regional air carrier
Bakery
Restaurant/catering business
Custom yacht manufacturer
Beauty salon
Online sports retail
Sailing school [501(c)3]
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SCORE Michigan and Northwest Ohio
Chapter Locations and Volunteers
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88
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Toledo
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39
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Why SCORE
We are better,
We are SCORE
We are the
Service Corps of Real Experience
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