Dallas SCORE is one of the best-kept secrets for small business owners. SCORE offers a vast network of trained mentors, free workshops, and support that entrepreneurs need.

SCORE is a national organization with 300 chapters and 100,000 volunteers. There are 70 mentors currently available in Dallas. These volunteer mentors are subject matter experts that are trained and then strategically assigned to entrepreneurs seeking SCORE services.

Dallas SCORE topics discussed

• First, who is Bob Barrese and what are his credentials in business?
• Second, what is SCORE?
• Third, SCORE stats and numbers.
• Fourth, what kinds of businesses does SCORE mentor?
• Fifth, how to connect with the organization.
• Sixth, Bob's role in connecting small businesses with mentors.
• Seventh, how SCORE finds mentors.
• Eighth, what workshops are available?
• Ninth, opportunities that have arisen through COVID.
• Tenth, what long-term effects Bob expects from COVID.
• Then, the expected future of the current shift to a home-based business.
• Moreover, what separates small businesses that are failing from those that are thriving?
• In addition, personal missteps Bob made in his career.
• More specifically, the "I wish I'd done this sooner" mindset.
• Then, who are SCORE mentors and how are they trained?
• Finally, a SCORE success story: an IT worker who wanted to become a wedding planner.

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