"[My SCORE mentor] had the foresight to tell me to think bigger, immediately, even though I was a small business.” – SCORE client Edith Gutierrez-Hawbaker, founder of Te Lo Juro Collective. October is National Women's Small Business Month. More than 12 million U.S. women-owned businesses generate $2.1 trillion in revenue annually, with female founders representing 22.4 percent of small business owners. Along with resources and tools created especially for women entrepreneurs, SCORE offers free and confidential business advice. If you, or someone you know, could benefit from a SCORE Vermont business mentor, visit score.org/vermont/local-mentors. #NationalWomensSmallBusinessMonth #HispanicHeritageMonth #FemaleEntrepreneur #HispanicEntrepreneur