Get Free Expert Help from SCORE Santa Fe to Start & Grow Your Small Business.
As highly successful and experienced business professionals and entrepreneurs, SCORE Santa Fe mentors work in teams of three to deliver valuable, timely and practical advice at no cost. Fill out the mentoring request form and we’ll pair you with the right team to help your small business thrive
THE NEXT SUCCESS COULD BE YOURS!
In 2021, SCORE Santa Fe mentors helped start 30 new businesses, create 74 new jobs, and provide 1,633 chapter services including mentoring sessions provided and workshop attendees.
Success Stories
SCORE Santa Fe has helped business founders fulfill their dreams to start, build & grow thriving businesses. See what our clients have to say!
MENTORING WORKS!
Small business owners who receive three or more hours of mentoring report higher revenues and increased growth. Get started on your small business journey, and find your mentor today!
Frequently Asked Questions
SCORE mentoring is a free service offered to any citizen or permanent resident that owns or wants to start a business. Partnering with you, SCORE mentors support your success through offering experienced advice, consulting on best practices, and educating on small business topics.
SCORE mentors bring years of business experience, many of them successful small business owners themselves. Mentors volunteer through SCORE to help other entrepreneurs like you, by sharing their real-world experience and bona fide knowledge in running successful small businesses. SCORE mentors also provide practical tools and resources to make some owner tasks easier.
SCORE mentors will not make decisions for you or complete important ownership tasks on your behalf. They also cannot provide tax or legal advice. However, SCORE mentors can provide clear guidance on what your options are so you can confidently make decisions and take positive action toward your own success.
SCORE mentoring sessions are collaborative meetings between the small business owner and the SCORE mentor. During these sessions, you can share your business goals, progress, challenges and questions. SCORE mentors will offer advice, resources, and insights so you gain clarity on your next best steps.
SCORE mentoring sessions are typically scheduled for an hour and held virtually, through online meetings, phone calls, and even through email exchanges. While mentoring sessions have goals and objectives, the partnership is informal and informational with your assigned mentor.
A SCORE mentoring relationship lasts as long as you need it. That can mean it is a few meaningful sessions to achieve a specific goal or overcome a particular challenge. Or, it can be a SCORE mentoring relationship lasts for years, when you always have a trusted advisor for the life of your small business.
Our Mentors
Strategy & Planning
First and foremost, I've had multiple conversations with one of your volunteers (Cheryl Ancell) and she believes I... Read More >
Accounting & Cash Flow
Business Plans / Startup Assistance
Customer Relations
Financing / Capital
Human Resources
Legal Issues
Marketing, Public Relations & Sales
Non-Profit
Operations
Strategy & Planning
After 30 years of experience working with top tier professional services firms, I think it is important to share that... Read More >
Business Plans / Startup Assistance
Operations
Other
Strategy & Planning
Kathryn was born and raised in Southern California and grew up in her family’s small business. Her Dad was her first... Read More >
Legal Issues
Non-Profit
Strategy & Planning
I’ve had an initial meeting with the SCORE group advising nonprofits in connection with the Santa Fe Community... Read More >
Customer Relations
Operations
Strategy & Planning
I spent my career as an executive with Visa Inc, supporting Visa’s largest financial institution clients with a team... Read More >
Business Plans / Startup Assistance
Human Resources
Operations
Product Development & Manufacturing
Specialties: Leadership Development, Executive Coaching, Human Resources Crisis mManagement
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Business Plans / Startup Assistance
Human Resources
Non-Profit
I retired as a Human Resources and Labor Relations executive for a major energy company. I also served as a Division VP... Read More >
Business Plans / Startup Assistance
Government Regulations & Contracting
Operations
Marcia Swain is retired from a 30-year practice as an attorney and mediator. Her practice focused on small business... Read More >
Accounting & Cash Flow
Business Plans / Startup Assistance
Human Resources
Marketing, Public Relations & Sales
Operations
Business Plans / Startup Assistance
Human Resources
Marketing, Public Relations & Sales
Non-Profit
Operations
Technology
I help you develop your passion into a viable business. Serving as a sounding board to help assess your opportunities... Read More >
Customer Relations
Marketing, Public Relations & Sales
Strategy & Planning
With 19 yrs of ownership of a small business in Santa Fe, I can offer guidance in management, sales and marketing for... Read More >
Business Plans / Startup Assistance
Customer Relations
Human Resources
Marketing, Public Relations & Sales
Non-Profit
Operations
Other
Strategy & Planning
Offering systems-thinking approach and comprehensive methodologies to support entrepreneurs in successfully actualizing... Read More >
Accounting & Cash Flow
Business Plans / Startup Assistance
Human Resources
Operations
Strategy & Planning
Technology
I am a General Manager focused on operational excellence through IT and in IT. I made my mark Inventing and then... Read More >
Business Plans / Startup Assistance
Customer Relations
Marketing, Public Relations & Sales
Operations
Strategy & Planning
Recently retired after over 40 years in the hospitality/service industry, my areas of expertise range from hands-on... Read More >
Accounting & Cash Flow
Business Plans / Startup Assistance
Government Regulations & Contracting
Human Resources
Operations
Technology
In 2004, David Jondreau took over his family’s local language service provider based in New York City. Over the... Read More >
Business Plans / Startup Assistance
Government Regulations & Contracting
Operations
Other
Life, personal self-development, and productively coaching, consultation and training.
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Accounting & Cash Flow
Business Plans / Startup Assistance
Government Regulations & Contracting
Marketing, Public Relations & Sales
Operations
My experience starting a wholesale pharmaceutical distributor familiarized me with drafting standard operating... Read More >
Business Plans / Startup Assistance
Financing / Capital
Human Resources
Non-Profit
Operations
Product Development & Manufacturing
Strategy & Planning
Technology
Mission: Assist any organization prepare for growth, diagnose inhibiting factors to their success, identify business... Read More >
Business Plans / Startup Assistance
Marketing, Public Relations & Sales
Operations
Other
Product Development & Manufacturing
I can help you turn an idea into a business plan. This includes how to define your market, prove your concept, source... Read More >
Business Plans / Startup Assistance
Marketing, Public Relations & Sales
Operations
Product Development & Manufacturing
I can assist in: Developing Sales and/or Marketing Plans Strategies, improve sales performance utilizing multiple... Read More >
Human Resources
Non-Profit
Operations
Technology
Most of my professional work life has been involved with small- and mid-size businesses, with an emphasis on small... Read More >
Business Plans / Startup Assistance
Government Regulations & Contracting
Non-Profit
Interoffice communications, establishing reasonable and professional expectations and performance meaurements Marketing... Read More >
Accounting & Cash Flow
Business Plans / Startup Assistance
Human Resources
Marketing, Public Relations & Sales
Operations
Product Development & Manufacturing
Bob is known by those he has worked with as a person who understands business and how to develop and lead teams to... Read More >
Business Plans / Startup Assistance
Operations
Product Development & Manufacturing
I can help in how to get your business started as well as how to run your business once you get established.
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Accounting & Cash Flow
I am an income tax Professional. I can help with US, State and Local filings.
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