Michael explains: “I have a need to make things. It is a grounding process for me.”
Reem’s isn’t just a business. At the heart of the work is a desire to pursue social justice. All of Reem’s leadership team come from a social justice background, and their shared focus around fighting xenophobia comes through the daily work at Reem’s.
Most of the successful entrepreneurs that I work with have developed ways to spend money on marketing that result in profitable customers, i.e. customers who make purchases in excess of the cost of the marketing.
Richard Santana first read about the benefits of fresh roasted coffee while on a plane. Thirteen years later, he now owns a successful coffee roasting business in Oakland.
Rocio Navarro wanted to start a business to be her own boss. In June 2015, she took over Artesanias Mexicanas El Sol from her sister, and now she runs the business largely on her own.
Mauricio Simbeck was inspired to open Milagros de Mexico, a health and wellness retain chain, because of his desire to bring resources to an underserved community in Oakland.
Now, their newest venture, MeetGeraldine, offers their clients the best of both of their brains: digital strategy and development from Geraldine and planning and branding support from Lauren.
Emmy’s Spaghetti Shack, located on 3230 Mission Street in San Francisco, is the culmination of Emily Kaplan’s life-long career working in the restaurant business and was almost a lost dream.
Next month, the new technology coming into our debit and credit cards (it’s called EMV) is taking place. There are still questions about the technology, regulations, and timeline. We’re here to answer a few.
It has always been important for small businesses to safeguard private information; today even more so because so much of business operations and sales are done online. Small businesses in particular are vulnerable to hacking. Hundreds of millions of dollars every year are stolen by cyber thieves, and, as an NPR article reports, small businesses may have no recourse to recover losses.
