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GET FREE BUSINESS ADVICE From Experienced Mentors

 

Mentors can:

  • Provide expertise & practical "know-how"
  • Help you optimize your business plans
  • Troubleshoot new strategies & ideas
  • Offer you proven business tools
  • Become your trusted small business advisor
  • And more!
 

Mentors are available to participate in remote mentoring sessions via phone, email, and video.

 

Request a Mentor Match

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Don't have the time to browse mentor profiles? — Fill out the mentoring request form, and we will pair you with a mentor and assist you in setting up a free mentoring appointment.

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Search for a Mentor

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Do you have specific criteria and want to explore in more detail? — Find your mentor by filtering your search by location, communication method, language, expertise, and industry.

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Browse Business Resources

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If you're looking for free, local business templates, guides, blogs, or other helpful tools, SCORE SE Wisconsin is your destination.

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THE NEXT SUCCESS COULD BE YOURS!

In 2020, SCORE mentors helped start 45,027 businesses, create 74,535 non-owner new jobs and 119,562 total new jobs. 

MENTORING WORKS!

Small business owners who receive three or more hours of mentoring report higher revenues and increased growth.

SCORE mentoring is a free service offered to any citizen or permanent resident that owns or wants to start a business. Partnering with you one-on-one, SCORE mentors support your success through offering experienced advice, consulting on best practices, and educating on small business topics.
SCORE mentors bring years of business experience, many of them successful small business owners themselves. Mentors volunteer through SCORE to help other entrepreneurs like you, by sharing their real-world experience and bona fide knowledge in running successful small businesses. SCORE mentors also provide practical tools and resources to make some owner tasks easier.
SCORE mentors will not make decisions for you or complete important ownership tasks on your behalf. They also cannot provide tax or legal advice. However, SCORE mentors can provide clear guidance on what your options are so you can confidently make decisions and take positive action toward your own success.
SCORE mentoring sessions are collaborative meetings between the small business owner and the SCORE mentor. During these sessions, you can share your business goals, progress, challenges and questions. SCORE mentors will offer advice, resources, and insights so you gain clarity on your next best steps.
A SCORE mentoring relationship lasts as long as you need it. That can mean it is a few meaningful sessions to achieve a specific goal or overcome a particular challenge. Or, it can be a SCORE mentoring relationship lasts for years, when you always have a trusted advisor for the life of your small business.

5 Simple Steps to SCORE Mentoring:

Step 1 - Identify your business question

Identify your small business needs and desired support.

Step 2 - Search for a mentor, or let your local chapter pair you with a mentor

Request a SCORE Mentor as your advisor to small business success.

Step 3 - Step 3 - Submit a mentoring request to share your business question with an expert.

Schedule a mentoring session with your assigned SCORE mentor

Step 4 - Start working on your business goals with help from your mentor.

Set goals for your small business with guidance from your SCORE mentor.

Step 5 - Continue working with your mentor throughout the life of your business.

Work with your SCORE mentor through the life of your business.

WHY CHOOSE SCORE?

  • SCORE provides confidential business advice through our network of 10,000 volunteer business experts.
  • Since SCORE is a nonprofit resource partner of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), our mentoring services are free, regardless of the number of times you visit a mentor.
  • You can meet with one or several mentors via email, video, phone or online chat.
  • Our mentors are experienced in all aspects and stages of business development, whether you’re thinking of starting a business or growing your existing company.

 

Entrepreneurs Succeed with SCORE Mentors.

What is better than one very passionate, forward-thinking entrepreneur working to make a business highly successful? How about two very passionate, forward-thinking entrepreneurs working on your business ownership goals? That is what SCORE offers to all small business owners: mentors who work alongside entrepreneurs to realize their small business ownership dreams.

See how SCORE mentors have made a difference for other small business owners like you.

ERTH CBD
Milwaukee CBD Business Thrives with Startup Assistance from SCORE Mentors

Bob helped Jennifer build her business and financing plan to fund and start her new business venture.

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META Massage and Bodywork

Stressed to Success

Brianna Malueg and Kathleen Fitzpatrick started a holistic massage therapy business in Shorewood, WI

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Early Childhood Educational Center (ECEC)

Providing Direction and the Confidence to Help Entrepreneurs Grow

Ted and Jill O’Leske broaden and progress their business capabilities to take their childhood education center to the next level.

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