Category: San Francisco Bay Area

  • February 13, 2024
    Dionne McCray is the founder, designer, and owner of Iva Jewell by Dionne. She makes accessories for the daring, brave,…
  • August 28, 2023
    In 2010, the dream of Reem’s was born at the doorstep of a street corner bakery in Beirut, Lebanon. Founder…
  • June 16, 2023
    Pioneering music technology company ElectroSpit makes the world’s only lightweight, fully-portable, tubeless talkbox. This technology allows musicians to play various instrumental sounds…
  • May 10, 2023
    Bernadette Aguirre is a first-generation Filipina American from San Francisco, California. She is the founder of INA Botanicals & Tea,…
  • April 11, 2023
    FiestaBowls, located between 18th and 19th streets, is an example of the tenacity of the Mission’s business community. In challenging…
  • March 17, 2023
    After a trip to Ethiopia to visit family, Dagne Tedla brought a leather messenger bag as a gift for his…
  • February 2, 2023
    Tana Harris had been in the construction industry for nearly 20 years when she started thinking about starting her own…
  • Photo of Wanda Blake

    January 11, 2023
    Wanda Blake’s cooking apprenticeship started in her mother’s kitchen. It then continued in the kitchens of great aunts, aunties, grandmas,…
  • August 4, 2021
    In 2010, Monica Martinez had a vision for a highly sustainable, insect-based snack company. She wanted to honor the indigenous,…
  • Michael and Deborah Baldini

    July 8, 2021
    A leading importer of the finest Italian Ceramics from Italy, Biordi Art Imports offers hand-painted dinnerware and home décor from…