SCORE, a company that gives free enterprise mentoring, set a file for offering assist in Maine final 12 months, the group mentioned.
SCORE Maine offered mentoring to 4,300 entrepreneurs and small enterprise house owners within the state, the group mentioned, and in addition delivered 108 webinars to 2,300 individuals.
The requests for assist from enterprise mentors was pushed not less than partially by the pandemic, which posed distinctive obstacles to each startups and current companies, mentioned Dan Reed, a spokesman for the group.
SCORE Maine’s mentors helped entrepreneurs deal with key points reminiscent of funding, worker retention and enterprise transitions, District Director Steve Veazey mentioned.
Reed mentioned SCORE helped 224 enterprise startups and in addition created almost 1,300 new jobs, excluding enterprise house owners.
All three Maine SCORE chapters – northern, central and southern – ranked within the prime 25 chapters nationally final 12 months, primarily based on an annual measurement of engagement and financial influence carried out by PricewaterhouseCoopers and supported by the SCORE Basis. Meaning Maine’s chapters ranked second among the many states for SCORE consumer engagement, the group mentioned.
Working with the Metropolis of Portland Workplace of Financial Alternative, SCORE Maine additionally created an immigrant workshop pilot program and centered on variety in recruiting volunteers, the group assist.
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SCORE mentioned it has greater than 130 volunteers within the state who donated an combination of greater than 19,000 hours of mentorship in 2021.
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