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Bella Café—Hopes and Dreams Fulfilled

Beginning in October 2008, Shawne and Andy Schillaci came to SCORE with their plan to acquire a restaurant business. At first, they were counseled by Thomas Redler and Frank Parz a Read more

Shawne and Andy Schillaci

Bella Café

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Shadow Executive Services—In the shadow of success

First, however, Sandra needed assistance of her own in learning how to start a business and, with the help of SCORE counselor Jack Donohue, she was able to develop a business plan Read more

Sandra Roos

Shadow Executive Services

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Purses Plus--A Successful Business In The Bag

Kimberly first wanted business counseling, such as that provided by SCORE. Read more

Kimberly Boozer

Purses Plus

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CheekyChicago.com—Turning a novel idea into a successful business

Launching such a venture required sound business advice, which Jessica and Erica received from SCORE counselors Don Crossett and Peg Corwin. Read more

Jessica Zweig and Erica Bethe Levin

CheekyChicago

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Linda Boardman—Artist and Entrepreneur

Having no prior business experience, Linda sought the assistance of SCORE where she was counseled by SCORE counselor Marge Schneider. Read more

Artist Linda Boardman

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Elite Soccer—Growing a business with help from SCORE

Mike discovered SCORE online and then became a face-to-face client. Read more

Michael Steele and Brendan Eitz

Elite Soccer

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Quick Snippers—The Cutting Edge of Business

Needing advice in the marketing, sales and packaging of their invention, and in improving its design so as to be more consumer-friendly, Lisa and Miriam came to SCORE and received Read more

Lisa Avery and Miriam Smith

Quick Snippers

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SITU BioSciences—Meeting the Test in the Marketplace

Don turned to SCORE and received the experienced assistance of Mitchel Gold, Carlos Bastidas and Peg Corwin. Read more

Donald Satchell

SITU BioSciences LLC

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Fitness Assets—A Business Fit for Growth

When Bruce first came to SCORE in 2007 his first product, Fitness Asset Manager, was under initial development and he needed help in effectively marketing his product. Bruce’s c Read more

Bruce Gehrig

Fitness Assets

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Just Us Lawn Care—Bringing Needed Help to a Growing Business

Fortunately, they were referred to SCORE, where Counselor Brian Stinton taught them how to set up a QuickBooks system, combined with Fresh Books, to create the bookkeeping system t Read more

Jimmie and Tiffany Williams

Just Us Lawn Care

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