Resource for your business: SFMade
San Francisco has many resources to support small businesses who want to start and grow. One such organization is SFMade. SFMade is a great organization to know, whether you’re a…
Supporting Women Entrepreneurs this March
It’s Women’s History Month, and we look forward to celebrating the impact of women entrepreneurs. In this post, we share some basic statistics about women-owned businesses and ways to support…
Meet our client: Minkastudio
Michael Cran is a woodworker, artist, and entrepreneur. When he was in his 20s and still living in Canada, he visited his grandparents at their cabin where he first saw…
Finding your local CDFI
Main Street Launch’s Intern – Impact Evaluation & Marketing Linda Ho offers information about how to locate your local CDFIs. In our previous post: What are CDFIs?, we talked…
Resource for your business: Alameda County SBDC
Main Street Launch’s Intern – Impact Evaluation & Marketing Linda Ho offers information about Alameda County SBDC. Norcal SBDC The Northern California Small Business Development Centers (Norcal SBDC) is…
Online Legal Services: Small Business Money-Savers 2018
This article was written by Emily Starbuck Crone and originally appeared on NerdWallet on January 2, 2018. It is shared here with permission. When starting or growing a business, it’s…
Meet our client: Kettle and Fire
Kettle and Fire launched in August 2015. They offer the first shelf-stable bone broth in the United States, and they have a ton of happy customers. “We want to bring…
Buy Black This Black History Month
For decades, a wealth gap has persisted between blacks and whites. The racial wealth gap has grown in recent years, with white Americans having 12 times the wealth of black…
Meet our clients: Degrees Plato
After being a beer salesperson for years, Richard Allen decided to do something different. After careful planning and using his previous knowledge in the beer industry, Degrees Plato was born and…
Cybersecurity Best Practices for Small Businesses
This article was written by JACKIE ZIMMERMANN and originally appeared on Nerdwallet on October 10, 2017. It is shared here with permission. The impact of the Equifax data breach that compromised…