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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SCORE Helps Salon Owner Create a Strategy for Success
For Style Cuts Hair Salon owner Jessica Pineda-Amador, the pandemic presented an opportunity to finally own her own business. Pineda-Amador was managing a salon faced with COVID-... Read more
Fukuburger
Colin was introduced to SCORE after drafting a business plan and visiting the Small Business Administration (SBA). He laughs when he looks back at the early days (before food... Read more
Skyview Concessions
Apryl met John Doyle long ago but found him again when he was teaching her financial class. A first-time entrepreneur, she immediately knew John would be the perfect SCORE mentor... Read more
DTLA’s First Brewery, Cider House and Tank Bar Takes the Craft Experience Outside
Benny Boy Brewing owners Chelsey Rosetter and Ben Farber had a dream to create LA’s first outdoor craft beer and cider house experience and they turned to SCORE Los Angeles to... Read more
GRATEFUL FOR SCORE “A Best Keep Secret”
GRATEFUL FOR SCORE “A Best Keep Secret” Even when Shi Hawthorne was an undergraduate at Florida International University studying Political Science, she dreamed of... Read more
Refresh Investments
MEET PAMELA CHEN, SCORE LOS ANGELES SUCCESS HONOREE In 2019, Pamela Chen was struggling to grow her financial planning and investment business, Refresh Investments. A highly... Read more
GRIIT Helps Firms to Compete Globally
SCORE helped GRIIT to sharpen its marketing message, enhance its marketing material, better articulate the types of services that it provides to various stakeholders, and develop... Read more
TEMPLEWORK LA
I sought out marketing assistance from SCORE Los Angeles because I was building a business and the mentor programs at SCORE, I had read, are invaluable. Emily Tufeld was great... Read more
Cocobella Creamery - Vegan Ice Cream Shop
Our SCORE mentor gave us the guidance and confidence to open the first vegan, gluten-free, and nut-free ice cream shop in Los Angeles. Read more
Federal Fingerprinting, Inc.
SCORE LA advised on how to structure the purchase of another fingerprinting business Read more
Yoga-urt by Melissa
SCORE nurtured my entrepreneurial skills during the four years of research, planning and finding funding for my business Read more