SCORE Mentors

SCORE mentor Meera Siva knows every successful business starts somewhere.

With the right guidance, access to resources, and a founder's vision, small beginnings can grow into something extraordinary. Mentors have the unique opportunity to witness that journey and help entrepreneurs define success on their own terms.

That's what makes volunteering with SCORE so rewarding.

If you're ready to share your experience and help entrepreneurs turn their vision into reality, consider volunteering with SCORE. 💙

If you're a business in town or thinking of starting out, SCORE can help. Thank you to Brian Gorman at SCORE Mentors for spending time with us yesterday. Listen to the Spotlight Podcast to understand how they can help your business.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-pembroke-chamber-spotlight-episode-43-score/id1826150139?i=1000775797700

💡 Ready to take your business to the next level?

SCORE offers live webinars and local workshops to help you start, grow, and thrive.

Sometimes the dream you put on hold is the one you're meant to come back to.

For Peter Kress, that dream was cheese.

After helping launch Maine's first cheese factory decades ago, Peter stepped away from the industry, built a career in education, and eventually purchased an abandoned farm in New Hampshire with his wife, Katie. They initially raised cattle, but in 2020, they realized their future wasn't in farming livestock. It was in returning to Peter's lifelong passion for cheesemaking.

Today, **Swallow Ridge Farm** produces 14 handcrafted artisan cheeses using locally sourced raw milk, combining generations of craftsmanship with a commitment to supporting New Hampshire dairy farmers.

As they grew, Peter and Katie turned to SCORE for guidance on how to stand out in a competitive market while building a business that fit the life they wanted to live.

“SCORE mentors have been supportive in whatever direction we want to go, and they're patient with how fast we want to go in that direction.”

Some dreams take years to mature, just like great cheese.

Learn how SCORE helped Peter and Katie build the next chapter of a lifelong passion.

📚 Low-cost business learning opportunities await!

Join a SCORE Cape Cod & the Islands webinar or workshop this week and 🚀