Steve Bobick has been a counselor at SCORE for 5 years. He’s retired from a consulting business and needed something to keep busy when he found the SCORE opportunity. He combines his love for meeting new people with his enthusiasm for new business ideas at SCORE. He enjoys the lasting relationships that have developed over the years. Steve Bobick shares the counseling success stories that he finds very rewarding. Tune in to hear about how SCORE is his “Best Kept Secret”

What does SCORE and the Greater Reading Chamber of Commerce and Industry have in common? A lot! Gail Landis, Vice President of Government & Community Relations says, “We work together to help business start-ups, early stage and second stage existing businesses.” Right now, the best way to explain what is happening with businesses these days is to say there is an entrepreneurial eco-culture happening and SCORE is a vital part of it. Listen to Gail’s conversation to find out more. If you have a burning desire to begin a business, make SCORE your best kept secret. We're just a phone call away, 610-376-3497. You’ll find us tucked away in the corner of the Chamber offices on the fifth floor of The Gateway Building, 201 Penn Street in Reading.

When asked, what is the biggest challenge small business owners have?, Lori Donofrio-Galley, Executive Director for the Northeast Chamber of Commerce says, “There are many, but the number one challenge is time management.”

Small business owners need to wear many hats when running a business. Not only do they have to pull up their sleeves and get involved with working on the product or service they sell. They also have to run their businesses making sure every part of the business runs smoothly.

Lori shares the many ways SCORE provides small business owners with the ability to improve and work on these challenges. Those business owners who make SCORE their best kept secret are able to leverage on the free, confidential mentoring waiting for them.

Make SCORE your best kept secret.

In this interview you will hear from Russ Hoke, Director of Educational Services with the Berks|Schuylkill SCORE chapter on another of our best kept secrets, training. We could easily have another tagline, SCORE, Trainers to America’s Small Business. In addition to mentoring small businesses to success we also provide training.

We offer training through the Reading Area Community College every Spring and Fall on a variety of subjects.

Do you have an idea to start a business? Need someone to listen to your idea? Your Best Kept Secret is SCORE. SCORE, Counselors to America’s Small Business, provide free, confidential guidance and mentorship. As Dave Verrill, President of Berks|Schuylkill SCORE shares in this interview, “We are a group of dedicated listeners who will mentor business owners and help them realize their dreams.”