Thinking about a small business loan? FundWell matches small businesses with lenders. FundWell is also a comprehensive financial wellness platform that offers education, assistance with the loan application process, and tips on how to improve financial health and credit scores.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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