Category: Minorities

  • August 28, 2014
    Pacific Coast Regional SBDC helped Candance Pilgram-Simmons restructure her business when she was ready to move to sole ownership. She…
  • June 12, 2014
    Alfredo Garcia had twenty years of experience in diesel trucking, but needed some business development training to grow Watsonville Diesel.…
  • May 29, 2014
    Chiefo Chukwudebe's small business did well at the La Cocina Street Food Festival in 2009, but wasn't sure she could…
  • May 15, 2014
    Luz Orozco built her own hair salon on a solid foundation thanks to the knowledge and assistance she received from…
  • April 16, 2014
    Already a successful chef, Bernardo Ayala got the technical assistance and one-on-one support he needed to open his own restaurant…
  • April 3, 2014
    After being laid off, Melvina Hill built her fledgling consulting business with a microloan from Accion San Diego and Kiva.
  • March 19, 2014
    Melissa Elia started working with Women's Initiative in 1999, and today her microbusiness, Mayssa Fragrance, sells its products across the…
  • January 14, 2014
    Gregory King had an MBA and years of experience in the corporate world, but the help he received from Pacific…
  • August 21, 2013
    Sister Myra and Jaqui opened Star Partners Security together, and grew their small business thanks to training and support from…
  • July 30, 2013
    After working her way through law school, Mary Grace Guzman opened her own practice in the Bay Area with help…