Canon U.S.A. Partners with the SCORE Foundation to Support Small Bus. Owners Interested in Pursuing Entrepreneurship or Growi...
March 11 2015 - 9:24AM
Business Wire
Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, has
partnered with the SCORE Foundation, America’s premier source of
free and confidential small business mentoring and advice, to
deliver resources such as custom information and education modules
to help small business owners make a smart start. Through its
website and social media engagement (#SCOREWithCanon), Canon will
work with the SCORE Foundation to promote formation, growth, and
success of small business and job creation nationwide through
mentoring and educating entrepreneurs.
Small business owners are encouraged to follow the
@CanonUSAImaging Twitter handle and the Canon U.S.A. LinkedIn® page
through June of this year, to obtain advice from the SCORE
Foundation on how to start and grow a business. The SCORE
Foundation has over 11,000 volunteer mentors and hosts over 15,000
workshops held nationwide, with a goal to help small businesses get
off the ground and on the road to success. To participate in the
conversation, small business owners can provide their own tips
using the social media hashtag #SCOREWithCanon.
“Today’s small business owners are savvy and crave knowledge
that will help them build their businesses on a strong foundation,”
said Yuichi Ishizuka, president and COO, Canon U.S.A., Inc. “They
put so much effort into creating and growing their businesses and
Canon is thrilled to work with the SCORE Foundation to help provide
support and a wealth of resources to help the dreams of small
business owners come true.”
“The U.S. economy is in a historic upswing. American small
business owners are ready to take on new opportunities and
mentoring is more important now than in the past,” said David R.
Bobbitt, president of the SCORE Foundation, “We are honored that
Canon has partnered with SCORE to help ensure small business owners
have the opportunity and access to resources to put them on the
path for success.”
For more information about Canon’s efforts to support small
business owners, please visit
www.shop.usa.canon.com/shop/en/catalog/sboresources.
Canon U.S.A. recently launched the MAXIFY series of printers
designed to support growing small businesses and home offices. For
more information, please visit www.shop.usa.canon.com/MAXIFY.
About SCORE
Since 1964, SCORE has helped more than 10 million aspiring
entrepreneurs. Each year, SCORE provides small business mentoring,
workshops and education to more than 375,000 new and growing small
businesses. More than 11,000 business experts volunteer as mentors
in over 320 chapters serving local communities with entrepreneur
education.
For more information about starting or operating a small
business, call 1-800-634-0245 for the SCORE chapter
nearest you. Visit SCORE at www.score.org. Connect with
SCORE
at www.facebook.com/SCOREFans and www.twitter.com/SCOREMentors.
About Canon U.S.A., Inc.
Canon U.S.A., Inc., is a leading provider of consumer,
business-to-business, and industrial digital imaging solutions to
the United States and to Latin America and the Caribbean (excluding
Mexico) markets. With approximately $31 billion in global revenue,
its parent company, Canon Inc. (NYSE:CAJ), ranked third overall in
U.S. patents granted in 2014† and is one of Fortune Magazine's
World’s Most Admired Companies in 2015. In 2014, Canon U.S.A.
received the PCMag.com Readers’ Choice Award for Service and
Reliability in the digital camera and printer categories for the
11th consecutive year. Canon U.S.A. is committed to the highest
level of customer satisfaction and loyalty, providing 100 percent
U.S.-based consumer service and support for all of the products it
distributes. Canon U.S.A. is dedicated to its Kyosei philosophy of
social and environmental responsibility. In 2014, the Canon
Americas Headquarters secured LEED® Gold certification, a
recognition for the design, construction, operations and
maintenance of high-performance green buildings. To keep apprised
of the latest news from Canon U.S.A., sign up for the Company's RSS
news feed by visiting www.usa.canon.com/rss and follow us on
Twitter @CanonUSA.
† Based on weekly patent counts issued by United States Patent
and Trademark Office.
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