Category: Men

  • Don and Jake McPeck stand in front of their Mess Hall Canteen food truck

    June 19, 2019
    Don McPeck started his business with only an idea. His gourmet food truck, Mess Hall Canteen, got started thanks to…
  • May 10, 2019
    Pancho Kachingwe founded The Hatch Oakland Bar & Restaurant in 2014 to cater to a booming downtown Oakland. "Everything was self-funded," he…
  • March 27, 2019
    The idea to start BoltAbout came to Matt Maxwell in November 2015, when he was frustrated by public transportation options.…
  • January 16, 2019
    DAD Services of Oakland, California is a janitorial company that specializes in providing top-notch commercial cleaning for San Francisco Bay…
  • January 2, 2019
    Onigilly is a fast-casual restaurant chain specializing in Japanese rice balls, called “onigiri.” Koji Kanematsu founded Onigilly in 2007, after noticing…
  • December 12, 2018
    In the fallout of the 2008 Great Recession, Daniel Palacios — then a real estate investor in San Diego —…
  • October 24, 2018
    Manuel Guerrero grew up surrounded by a family of entrepreneurs. He embraced this spirit and chose to pursue his entrepreneurial…
  • October 10, 2018
    "I felt like I had lost everything. When something like this happens, it’s hard to stay positive.” That’s how Mexican…
  • August 15, 2018
    Keba Konte has demonstrated his commitment to creating good jobs for people in Oakland, California. In fact, over the years…
  • July 19, 2018
    Civic San Diego provided Accion San Diego, a nonprofit microlender, $400,000 in lending capital from the Civic San Diego Loan…