SCORE’s services are myriad, though the program won’t offer legal advice nor funding.
she says. “We each have our own ideas and that makes it more helpful for the client. They can always use more sounding boards.” Another change in SCORE operations has been to move away from maintaining separate chapters around the country. “åSCORE is reinventing itself so it’s easier for clients to work with mentors from any area of the nation, to help clients anywhere in the nation,” says Kane. “With all the ways to communicate now, it’s great to match up mentors with special expertise, no matter where they are, to clients in need of that expertise. It’s all about the client and what we can do for them.” Bader says he recently had an inquiry from a wedding photographer who was seeking mentoring. “There was no mentor here locally with experience with weddings, so we recommended a mentor in upstate New York who had that kind of experience.” Going in the other direction, Woods was recommended as a mentor to a SCORE client in Maryland needing help with marketing wine. “I also worked with two guys in New York who were making wine in their garage and wanted to start a brand,” she says. What do SCORE clients say? David Bailey learned about SCORE from a simple online search. “At the time I was looking for engineering and product- development experience, and I got lucky with whatever rabbit hole I went down.” Bailey is a certified compost-operations manager and member of the U.S. Composting Council. He founded California
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