OBDC is excited to celebrate the businesses we support. This month, we’ve profiled Karen Roberts of HauteButch, a clothing company offering their customers a line of masculine and gender-neutral clothing and footwear designed for women’s bodies.
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On March 2, the minimum wage increase in Oakland takes effect, and small business owners across the city are getting ready for the new regulation. Oakland will have the highest minimum wage in the country (though Emeryville is attempting to raise their minimum wage as high as $14/hour), and the discussion from small businesses about this increase has been mostly positive.
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A recent report from McKinsey & Co demonstrates that diversity in a company’s leadership is not just nice to have, but actually has a strong relationship to better financial performance.
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The Market on Market recently opened in San Francisco, offering retail space to local food businesses, as well as a centralized place for San Franciscans to shop local for groceries.
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Oakland Restaurant Week 2015 is a celebration of Oakland restaurants and eateries, running from January 15 to January 25.
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