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Category Archives: Borrower News

Meet our clients: Black Bark BBQ

Borrower News, Main Street Launch News, San FranciscoBy Katie TaylorJune 28, 2018

Monetta White and David Lawrence are the owners of Black Bark BBQ.  Black Bark BBQ is a quick serve barbecue restaurant in San Francisco’s Fillmore District.  They offer Texas-style BBQ…

Meet our clients: Threadz Culture + Fashion

Borrower News, Main Street Launch News, OaklandBy Katie TaylorJune 14, 2018

In 2017 Chris and Maurion joined Main Street Launch’s Entrepreneur in Residence program to grow their knowledge and expertise on the business part of their business.   “We jumped in…

Meet our clients: Chef Ron’s Pastries

Borrower News, OaklandBy Katie TaylorMay 24, 2018

In 2004 Chef Ron’s Pastries started like many business: doing small orders here and there for family and friends.  In 2015 brother and sister Ron and Rhonda Persons officially launched…

Meet our clients: Freedom Makers

Borrower News, VeteransBy Katie TaylorApril 26, 2018

Freedom Makers provides virtual assistant services to small business owners, with the services performed by military spouses.  Freedom Makers is providing exceptional service to two audiences: business owners who need…

Meet our client: Montesacro

Borrower News, San FranciscoBy Katie TaylorMarch 29, 2018

At Montesacro they make Pinsa, an ancestor of pizza.  Their modern take on pinsa transforms the tradition of using leftover grains into their specially-blended flour that makes a dish that…

Meet our client: Reem’s

Borrower News, OaklandBy Katie TaylorMarch 21, 2018

Reem’s is an Arab street corner bakery.  They bring the warmth of Arab hospitality through fresh baked bread.  Their specialty is man’oushe, a topped flatbread that you can share with…

Meet our client: Minkastudio

Borrower News, Main Street Launch News, OaklandBy Katie TaylorFebruary 28, 2018

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…

Meet our client: Kettle and Fire

Borrower News, Main Street Launch News, San FranciscoBy Katie TaylorFebruary 8, 2018

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…

Meet our clients: Four Star Seafood

Borrower News, San Francisco, Small Business NewsBy Katie TaylorJanuary 25, 2018

Adrian Hoffman and Ismael Macias always wanted to make fresh and quality seafood available to restaurant chefs like them in the Bay Area. In 2015, they founded Four Star Seafood…

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Meet our Client: Water Saver Solutions

Borrower News, VeteransBy Katie TaylorDecember 28, 2017

Chuck Bragdon, retired U.S. Navy chief, founded Water Saver Solutions (WSS) in 2008. What started as a simple home improvement project has turned out to be so much bigger.

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