Karen Roberts opened HauteButch in April 2012 after she had been having a hard time finding clothes that she actually wanted to wear. She is filling a huge need that has yet to be satisfied by providing gender neutral and masculine clothes that are made to fit women.
The entrepreneurial spirit that some veterans exhibit and the knowledge and skills that they have gathered during their military service brings a different perspective to owning a business.
Josee Savard Schumer opened The Philoglots after she was inspired by teaching a French program at a local school. She created The Philoglots which is a gathering place for people to come and learn the practical use of language.
In this newsletter Veteran Launch update Credit Tip Advising Corner: Getting Your Business Online Meet our Clients: Tytanium Ideas Welcome To Our Newest Clients Veteran Launch Fall Update As we near the end of summer, we are celebrating the partnerships and collaborations that help veteran-owned small businesses start and grow. This year Veteran Launch has…
Fair Game is a video game store located in Sacramento that offers retro games, old consoles, collector items, and much more. Terry Watts, a marine corp veteran, runs the store with enthusiasm that connects with the customers. He has formed a great relationship with his community, and he is enhancing his reach by engaging in…
Bootstrap Kombucha, located at 4085 Pacific Coast Highway, Suite 105B in San Diego, is a company that brews real kombucha. They use ancient recipes, good quality water, and organic ingredients, believing that kombucha is best when served fresh, local, and on tap. The result is an honest and authentic product that’s tasty, refreshing, and good…
Walter E. Allen, a Navy veteran, started Acumen Building Enterprise in 1994 to help pay for graduate school. That small one-person consulting firm became a corporation in 2002. Acumen now has 40 employees and works with major transit agencies across the country to provide transit and transportation infrastructure development coupled with strategic technology solutions designed…
In this newsletter Veteran Launch update Credit Tip Advising Corner: Deciding to Borrow Money Meet our Clients: Millennium Family Entertainment Center Welcome to our newest clients Veteran Launch Summer Update As our fiscal year comes to a close, we’re thrilled to share that we’ve funded 51 loans to veteran-owned companies, totaling $6.2 million. Our work…
Tyler Campbell, Air Force veteran, wanted to start his own marketing firm to be able to make decisions on his own terms. “I wanted to benefit from my own hard work and provide jobs for others,” Tyler explains. In 2010 he launched Tytanium Ideas, a full-service digital marketing firm devoted to client service and educating…
Katie Taylor, Main Street’s Assistant Vice President – Communications, interviews Mike McGrane. Mike has extensive experience understanding comprehensive business goals and solutions needed to assist in business lending and over 26 years of experience in the banking and credit industry. Click here for Mike’s bio. In what ways do you think Main Street Launch brings…
