Centro Community Partners fosters socioeconomic change by providing business advisory services and leadership programs to rising yet underserved entrepreneurs who want to launch or grow their businesses and create jobs in their communities. Centro offers a Basic Entrepreneurship Program, an Advanced Entrepreneurship Program, and a Small Business Advisor Program. In the basic program, entrepreneurs…
Main Street Launch’s Intern – Development & Fundraising Brooke Solomon offers some local options for back to school shopping and errands. Visit our client map to find more local businesses to support. Summer vacation is quickly coming to an end after a season of heat, kids, and no homework. As the students head back…
Our partner Forest Restaurant Supply has multiple ways they can support your food business. Forest Store: you can find a variety of restaurant equipment, furniture, and supplies to get your business to exactly where you want it. Their team is knowledgeable about their products and can help you make the best choice for your…
Most of the successful entrepreneurs that I work with have developed ways to spend money on marketing that result in profitable customers, i.e. customers who make purchases in excess of the cost of the marketing.
Michelin offers zero to three stars to restaurants based on anonymous reviews. We’re thrilled to see a few of our clients mentioned on the list of Bay Area restaurants recognized by Michelin. Three stars is the highest level of recognition through Michelin, and now San Francisco has as many three star Michelin restaurants…
Main Street Launch (formerly OBDC Small Business Finance) is thrilled to be sponsoring events at both Oakland and San Francisco Small Business Weeks this May. We hope to see you there! Shop Small Saturday, May 7 in Oakland Click here for a flyer to post in your Oakland-based business for Small Business Saturday on…
We are proud to share our newest video, featuring some of our Oakland, San Francisco, and veteran clients. Click here to find all of our videos. Tell us about your favorite small business resources and stories on Twitter @mainstlaunch @veteranlaunch.
The Work Local Awards shines the spotlight on the boutiques, cafes, nonprofits, startups, and all the local employers that make our community great. The awards are presented by Localwise, a mission-driven organization focused on helping local businesses hire local employees. We’re proud to be listed among event partners that include the Federal Reserve Bank…
The San Francisco Business Times, in conjunction with SF Pride in June, is planning to compile and publish a list of businesses who self-identify as LGBT-owned. OBDC is thrilled to announce our nominations from our portfolio of borrowers.
In March, the Bay Area A-List 2015 Winners were announced. This annual list received more than 35,000 verified votes on the 6,100 nominees of great Bay Area businesses. OBDC is proud to support many of the top-10 winners this year. We tweeted about all of these businesses last week, but in case you missed it, we present the list here.