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Constance M Tipton
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Meeting Preference: In Person

Languages: English

How I Can Help You

My preferred way to mentor clients is in face-to-face meetings at Panera Restaurant in Fairlawn, Ohio or our SCORE office in downtown Akron. After our meetings we both have notes with steps to take to make immediate positive improvements to benefit your company growth. My specialty and passion is website design and marketing. In mentorship I review websites, functionality, product or service branding and market strategies.

In my career I was a dealer of real exotic butterfly and insect specimens for private and public collections, researchers, scientists, art and taxidermy businesses, museums, and the film industry. People often how and why I got into this field and I can only answer because it was a God sent moment that changed my entire life, and has enabled me to touch and inspire the lives of so many others.

Within a few short years I became known throughout the world as “The Butterfly Lady” and founded of one of the largest and most respected companies in my industry. My company name was ButterfliesAndThings.com AKA The Butterfly Company. I had the pleasure of hosting expeditions to the Amazon Jungle, visiting suppliers around the world, and serving as an advisor and consultant to butterfly farms and breeding projects. My greatest challenge – and success – was being commissioned by museums to obtain great rarities. In doing so my experience allowed me to establish market values and appraise specimens and numerous private, public and museum collections.

During my years in business, I created a niche with a goal to not only sell but to educate my clients with an immediate visual story about my products and service and illustrate why customers needed me. Although I had serious competition I enjoyed always figuering new ways to stay a step ahead.

Although now retired, I do appraise collections and maintain my own private collection which is my legacy to fellow collectors and family.

SCORE involvement began in 1974 when my company was new. Back then I used a typewriter and mailed paper price lists around the world. In the late 90’s computers invaded my world – and changed it for the better to my surprise! Over these years I had many SCORE mentors in marketing, international law, licensing and regulations, employee management, bookkeeping, and more. In 2017 my last SCORE mentors helped me create a business plan which resulted in the sale of my company which is still going strong.

I have been mentored by SCORE counselors and co-counselors over 4 decades. I am very grateful for their help, advice, coaching, inspiration, and other support. With SCORE mentors I faced and overcame numerous challenges to build my business and take it to places I never dreamed possible.

Now, in my retirement I am a SCORE mentor thoroughly enjoying opportunities to share tools in my SCORE toolbox.
My Credentials include: Licensed by the US Department of Wildlife Service to engage in international business. Expert within the complexity of non-user-friendly, frustrating and unfair international government regulations governing my trade. A role model in my industry respected by the US Fish and Wildlife Service as one of the only businesses complying with international import and export of shipments.

My expertise is in marketing. Also evaluating website presence and design.

Areas of Expertise

  • Business Plan
  • Government Regulations
  • Marketing
  • Product Development
  • Websites

Industry Experience

  • Professional Services
  • Retail
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