SCORE Mentors

07/09/2026

Spot-on guidance from SCORE Mentors 🧠

A great bookkeeper handles your day-to-day clarity so your accountant can maximize your year-end strategy. Work smarter, not harder.

https://www.score.org/articles/accountants-versus-bookkeepers-what-you-should-know/

07/09/2026

More customers are great... if your team is ready for them. ⚽

Whether you're preparing for a major sporting event, festival or busy season, having the right staffing plan can make all the difference. Learn how to hire, train and schedule your team to deliver a great customer experience when traffic picks up.

Learn how to manage temporary staffing surges effectively by hiring, training, and scheduling the right people to handle increased demand without burnout or excess costs.

07/08/2026

07/07/2026

"What becomes rare — and therefore valuable — is what's always been rare. Judgment. Leadership. Creativity. Reputation. Trust."

Every generation of entrepreneurs believes it's operating in unprecedented conditions. In many ways, it is. But after years of watching founders build companies across multiple technological revolutions, one pattern holds: technology changes the rules of the game. It doesn't change the purpose of it.

A few things that have genuinely shifted for today's founders:
Information is no longer scarce — clarity is. Twenty years ago the challenge was finding knowledge. Today it's determining which knowledge deserves attention. The winners won't be those who know the most. They'll be those who understand the most.

Speed is a competitive advantage — but only in the short term. Barriers to entry have collapsed. Ideas can be validated in weeks. But anything that can be built quickly can also be copied quickly. Sustainable businesses still win by creating real value.

Every entrepreneur is now a media company. With nearly 6 billion people online, founders can communicate directly with markets at scale for the first time in history. The ability to build trust through communication is becoming as important as finance or operations.

And the most important shift: as AI becomes ubiquitous, technology stops being the differentiator. Everyone has access to the same tools. What becomes rare — and therefore valuable — is what's always been rare. Judgment. Leadership. Creativity. Reputation. Trust.

Those qualities mattered 30 years ago. They'll matter 30 years from now. Build those first.

07/07/2026

“A lot of people say there are no opportunities. That nobody wants to help. That everyone keeps information to themselves.

What I saw was the exact opposite.”

After attending a SCORE event, Corina Tello found experienced business leaders giving something they can never get back: their time.

“They weren’t selling. They were teaching. Answering questions. Sharing mistakes. Opening doors.”

The biggest takeaway?

“The information is out there. The knowledge is out there. The connections are out there. The opportunities are out there.

But you have to leave the house and go find them.”

07/07/2026

FREE EVENT: Join us at the free America’s Seed Fund Summit tomorrow for presentations by federal representatives on how small businesses can protect their business and their innovations. Topics include cybersecurity, foreign risk, IP protections, and investor education.

Register now: https://bit.ly/ASFSummit

07/07/2026

Join SCORE Mentors on July 14 at 1 PM for their 'Paying Yourself as a Business Owner: Build a Sustainable Owner’s Salary' webinar! 💼💵

Discover how to evaluate your business finances, tips to determine a sustainable owner's salary, and MORE!

Join here ➡️: https://f.mtr.cool/rkaivvonrg

07/07/2026

If you're a business in town or thinking of starting out, SCORE can help. Thank you to Brian Gorman at SCORE Mentors for spending time with us yesterday. Listen to the Spotlight Podcast to understand how they can help your business.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-pembroke-chamber-spotlight-episode-43-score/id1826150139?i=1000775797700

07/06/2026

Pin it to the SCOREboard 📌

What’s one tool or app you can’t live without right now?

We'll use the comment section as a sounding board to offer resources and support.

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