Main Street Launch Summer Newsletter

In this newsletter: Letter from Our CEO Credit Tip Advising Corner: Deciding to Borrow Money Celebrating Small Business Weeks 2017 Meet Our Clients: Millennium Family Entertainment Center Get To Know Our Staff: Adrian Gomez Zavala Alameda County SBDC: Award Winners Main Street Launches Mobile Office Opportunity for your Business: ICIC Upcoming Events for Your Small…

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Meet Our Clients: The Waffle Experience

The Waffle Experience offers a large menu for breakfast and lunch, all centered around waffles. If you’ve never tried a burger on a waffle or a salad with a waffle base, these guys have you covered. It is hard to tell what is more unique about The Waffle Experience restaurant: their breakfast and lunch creations…

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5 Things to Do When Starting an Online Store

This article is written by Jackie Zimmermann and originally appeared on NerdWallet and is shared with with permission. Starting an online business might seem like a quick and easy way to make a few bucks, but there’s more to it than plugging photos into a designer web template. The National Retail Federation expects online retail sales to…

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Resource for your business: ICIC

Inner City Capital Connections program is offering Main Street Launch clients an opportunity to apply for their program that is designed to help small businesses in economically-distressed areas build capacity for sustainable growth in revenue, profitability, and employment.   Their 40-hour curriculum combines targeted executive education sessions, including best practices in strategy, sales, marketing,…

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Meet Our Clients: Picnic on Third

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…

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