Financing Oakland’s Food Scene
Edible East Bay published a great article about Oakland’s exciting (and delicious) food scene.
Money Crash Course
Danetha Doe, an OBDC borrower and accountant, is offering a 4-week Money Crash Course. We’ve posted about Danetha before and she has lots of resources to offer entrepreneurs.
OBDC Loan Helps Make Bay Area Brand a Household Name
Our partners at the Opportunity Finance Network wrote a great article about Gelateria Naia, an OBDC funded business.
Looking for a Mentor?
Being an entrepreneur is a hard and sometimes lonely pursuit. OBDC borrower Danetha Doe addresses some of the challenges of entrepreneurship in a blog post about how to find a business mentor. Danetha shared her story with Pacific Community Ventures, an organization that OBDC is proud to partner with.
OBDC Small Business Finance speaks to the WSJ
Pop-up businesses are a growing trend, catching even the attention of the WSJ. Our client, Beauty’s Bagel Shop, currently sells their Montreal-Style bagels and tests their recipes at Wise Son’s Delicatessen, a pop-up business in San Francisco. WSJ asked our Senior Vice President of Lending, Scott Lewis, to speak about Beauty’s Bagel Shop and the emerging pop-up movement in this article.
Wave of female chef/owners shape hot Oakland scene
OBDC Small Business Finance is proud to see one of our clients, Dominica Rice, owner of Cosecha restaurant make this list! We’ve had the personal gratification of watching Cosecha transform Swan’s Market in Old Oakland into the bustling market it is today.
Revolution Foods wins SFUSD bid
In a city that celebrates slow food, it was only a matter of time before its students had access to healthy, fresh meals. Bay Area Small Business Finance client Revolution Foods beat out Illinois-based Preferred Meal Systems, which has been providing meals to the city’s public schools since 2003, when SFUSD put its $9 million contract up for bid last fall.