Thunderbird Bakery rises with SCORE support, turning a passion for artisanal baking into a thriving local success story.

Mike Bennett discovered the benefits of backyard growing organically. While touring with his band, Apple Juice Jones, Bennett dined on homegrown vegetables cultivated on a California family’s farm. Upon returning to his Chestnut Hill abode, Bennett, of Ambler, began working for Chris Mattingly of Backyard Eats, a Flourtown-based edible garden designer and builder, whose “foodscaping” staff creates and maintains backyard habitats throughout the greater Philadelphia area. “Right when COVID started I was looking to start my business doing something like this and found (Mattingly) and decided to

I found my calling in helping young people, especially in Africa, to build their careers and achieve personal development. This led me to start a business that could support this mission by operating both in the US and Africa.

NPB Design Studio is an urban design and drafting firm dedicated to addressing California's housing crisis, particularly through the creation of affordable additional dwelling units (ADUs) or granny flats for loved ones or rental income. Housing is California's most urgent issue. CBS reports that "California must build 2.5 million homes by 2030 to prevent a housing crisis." Homelessness has a devastating impact on communities and businesses, with HUD estimating that "as of January 2020, California had around 161,548 people experiencing homelessness on any given day." According to the Sightline

SCORE mentors Jeff Hamilton and David Summers provide support to a family business of more than 100 years as they look to grow while expanding their line of Maple Syrup products.

From marketing to finance, SCORE has assisted Cultured Kombucha in becoming the Midwest's fastest-growing and most in-demand kombucha.

While working as nurses at Hahnemann Hospital in Philadelphia, mother and daughter Karen Zebrowski and Nikki Zebrowski-Beck began a sweet side business making and selling honey to their health care co-workers and at local events. For a year and a half, the mother-daughter duo continued nursing and running Jamison-based Backyard Buzz part-time. “She couldn’t keep up with the demand,” Zebrowski said of her daughter, a beekeeper of nine years, who has since become a Cornell Certified Beekeeper and Certified Pollinator Steward. By 2021, the entrepreneurs had left their health care roles behind to

Shakia Williams always had an appreciation for wine. When she and her now-husband, Clifford, started dating, the couple savored moments together visiting wineries and doing wine tastings. From there, she began working at wineries. “I learned how to operationalize a winery and make wine,” said Shakia, the owner of Hatboro-based Cyrenity Sips Winery , a micro-winery producing 16 staples and more than two dozen seasonal favorites such as Marionberry wine. By 2017, Shakia, whose career background is in corporate compliance, became a home winemaker, churning out small batches in her Virginia Beach

We manufacture an all-natural, shelf-stable salsa. We use only fresh produce and make small batches. We don't use paste or thickeners.

Neighborhood Pizza Guy started at the height of COVID in March, 2021. I was recently laid off from work, watching too much Food Network, and in need of something to occupy my time. I began making pizza for my girlfriend and myself once a week, then twice, then too many times. I reached out to neighbors to have them take the pizza off my hands and provide feedback. Things snowballed from there. Two days after my initial post online about selling pizzas, I was sold out for the entire month of April. At the end of April 2021, I received two cease and desist letters for running an illegal

Amy's journey stands as a testament to the power of perseverance, mentorship, and community support.

Figurehead Brewing, a neighborhood brewery, is elevating the art of beer-making and bringing people together.