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No matter where you are on your entrepreneurial journey, our SCORE mentors are ready to assist. SCORE Rhode Island mentors are highly successful and seasoned business professionals and entrepreneurs with the experience and knowledge to help you achieve your small business.

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Five Simple Steps to SCORE Mentoring:

Identify

Identify your small business needs and desired support.

Request

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

Schedule

Schedule a mentoring session with your assigned SCORE mentor

Set Goals

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

Advance

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

Our Mentors

Edmund T Hague

I'm about to retire and I would like to continue being active in my community. My background is with...

Matthew Josefowicz

I have experience as an entrepreneur, strategy consultant, and start-up coach. I specialize in...

Jay Glasson

I can help with aspects of organizational formation and structure, real estate development and...

Jeff Bodenstab

I can be particularly helpful in solving marketing and sales issues. I also have experience in...

Paul Areson

Stay active in business and share practical knowledge gained over 40+ years managing businesses...

Raymond F Gorman

After over 30 years of teaching in the areas of entrepreneurship, finance, and sustainability, in...

James Mutschler

I can help you to start a new business or to enhance your existing business operations. I will help...

Michael A Kazan

With over 40 years dedicated to the architectural profession I am broadly experienced in virtually...

Mike Kennally

I have two primary reasons why I would like to volunteer at SCORE, (1) I have 30+ years of local...

Chris Westerkamp

I want to offer my skills to help new and established businesses

Rita F DiMartino

Albert Pereira

As veteran insurance industry leader, I can help new and current small businesses develop strategic...

William A McCourt

Semi-Retired CFO / Business Operations person who would like to use my experience and expertise to...

Edward P Fink

I'd like to pay it forward to assist small business owners by sharing my expertise and experience in...

Bob Mignarri

I have recently retired, and I am looking to keep active with something that can stimulate me and...

Vic Grigorian

With 30 solid years of background in leadership, spearheading operations, consulting, and business...

Bill Entwistle

I help aspiring business owners transition from employee to owner and experienced business owners...

John Schibler

As an educator, management advisor, and seasoned practitioner with extensive experience I can help...

Ronald Joel Caniglia

Although I have been in the building business since 1964, the past 42 years have been as a...

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.

dataArrows Helps Schools, Hospitals, and other Buildings Overcome COVID Risks

I spoke recently with Issa Ramaji, a first-generation immigrant who co-founded dataArrows, Inc. (www.dataarrows.com) in 2019. We learned about his journey as an entrepreneur and how his company got an unexpected lift from being able to address a problem created by the COVID crisis. Tell us the story of founding your company and what inspired you The spark of the idea came from a personal experience. I immigrated to the United States to get my Ph.D. in architectural engineering at Penn State University. As Ph.D. students, we would go to classes and learn about building optimization. Meanwhile

Bluemoonstone Creations

Jewelry designer Pamela Forman launched Bluemoonstone Creations (bluemoonstone.net) in 2012. She designs handcrafted sterling silver and 18K gold vermeil jewelry pieces with rainbow moonstones and other semi-precious gemstones. Pamela’s story reflects the goal of many aspiring entrepreneurs. She describes it this way, “I’m proud that I created the life I had dreamed of. After feeling unfulfilled as a senior designer of a company, designing jewelry I did not care for, I took the leap and initiated a path to my happiness. While I was traveling to Bali on my vacations for yoga retreats, I had an

RI SCORE guidance helps Pawtucket printing company grow

2013 Joseph G.E. Knight Award for Entrepreneurial Excellence SCORE guidance helps Pawtucket printing company grow Jeanne Salisbury grew up in a family that had a strong work ethic. She was taught at an early age that you had to work hard to get what you want. Don’t wait for a handout. Words that, decades later, Jeanne continues to live by. While her five children were in school, Jeanne worked part time at her sister-in-law’s printing company in North Providence. Over the 14 years that she worked there, Salisbury learned a lot about the printing business. In 2006, after battling health issues

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