Natalia Bushyager and Leigh Loper found that when your career is in cooking, it’s tough to find work where you can create and control your own hours. Searching for a way to spend more time with their partner and to be inspired by food, together they created Picnic on Third with a clear vision for…
“We found a sizeable space, about 16,000 square feet. The space gave us room to grow over the long term and add capacity as we expand. But we needed more money to buy equipment and for unknown future costs, which is what Main Street’s loan helped us do,” explains Mike.
J Moses was one of many customers of the old Parkway Theater on East Lake and found himself lacking suitable alternatives when the theater closed in 2009. His vision led him to conceive the New Parkway, a modern, even more community-oriented reincarnation of the old Parkway. Four years since its inception, the New Parkway…
Tyler Campbell, Air Force veteran, wanted to start his own marketing firm to be able to make decisions on his own terms. “I wanted to benefit from my own hard work and provide jobs for others,” Tyler explains. In 2010 he launched Tytanium Ideas, a full-service digital marketing firm devoted to client service and educating…
Katie Taylor, Main Street’s Assistant Vice President – Communications, interviews Adrian Gomez Zavala. Adrian worked as a banker and licensed financial specialist at a community business bank before coming to Main Street Launch. He brings a deep knowledge of business and the resources available to support Bay Area entrepreneurs. Click here to read more about…
Paula Groves is Main Street Launch’s Senior Vice President – Business Consulting. She offers tips and advice to entrepreneurs to help them start and grow their small businesses. This tip is about how to decide when a business loan is right for you. To borrow or not to borrow, that is the question.…
Blake explains, “My dad grew up in Montreal, so Montreal-style bagels were a big part of my life growing up. My dad’s love for these bagels inspired us to want to start Beauty’s Bagel Shop.”
Main Street Launch was proud to participate in a variety of Small Business Week events in Oakland, Sacramento, and San Francisco this year. Five of our clients were honored at Small Business Week events: The City of Oakland honored two of our clients as Legacy Businesses: Gill’s Electric Company and Everett and Jones Barbeque.…
Richard offers advice to aspiring entrepreneurs: “When you ask for money, make sure you can answer any question about the business. Your idea has to make sense on paper, and you have to focus on the details in the right order if you want to be successful.”
At Main Street Launch and Veteran Launch, we are honored to work in support of veteran-owned and military family-owned small businesses across California. As we reflect on the purpose of Memorial Day, we want to share some of the amazing impacts that veterans make in our communities. Veterans are 45% more likely to be…
