About SCORE Northeast Indiana Consulting company in Fort Wayne, United States
The mentors of SCORE Northeast Indiana are experienced business owners and managers who volunteer their experience and knowledge to help small business owners and potential small business owners achieve success.
The Northeast Indiana chapter of SCORE was founded in 1976 as Chapter 0050. We are an active chapter and have more than 55 volunteers. Client service is the objective of SCORE Northeast Indiana and our volunteer business counselors are dedicated to providing the best possible service. Face-to-face in workshops or online the counselors of SCORE Northeast Indiana are able and willing to aid in the success of small business. SCORE counselors provide you with in-depth industry-specific business assistance to help evaluate a business idea or plan stimulate business growth and ensure long-term stability.
In 1974 and 1975 a group of Fort Wayne executives agreed to help the Small Business Administration in Indianapolis monitor businesses that had received S.B.A. Loans. The area covered included the cities of Fort Wayne South Bend Warsaw etc. Six executives were members this group: and one is with us today. Mr. Jack Dever…still a very active and contributing member. In 1976 at the urging of the SCORE chapter in Indianapolis a SCORE chapter was formed in Fort Wayne; the members receiving its charter on June 1 of that year. The original efforts were to monitor the businesses that had received S.B.A. loans continuing the work of that the group had been doing. But the members gradually started to counsel new businesses.
One of the early successes was the Chapters assistance in helping Pat Miller and Barbara Bradley Baekgaard start Vera Bradley. And In March 1985 Chapter 50 nominated Vera Bradley Associates as the Indiana Small Business Company of the year. Interestingly they were not selected. Beyond what I have just shared the history of the Northeast Indiana Chapter is rather scarce. It is easy to extrapolate from notes and minutes though that more than 400 men and women have been members of our Chapter… more than 35000 businesses and individuals have been served…..and another local favorite that is noteworthy is the Cookie Cottage…
Chapter members counsel businesses in every industry… from tarot reading and reflexology to Aluminum smelters to recyclers and high-tech computer software developers. All sessions are confidential and SCORE members are prohibited from financially participating or benefiting from a clients business. Services have expanded over the years. For this past fiscal year for all services the Chapter will have served more than 1400 businesses and individuals in Northeast Indiana.
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