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Yordanos Asmelash Haile, Asmara Cafe
August 12, 2022
Asmara Cafe specializes in traditional brewed Eritrean and Ethiopian coffee and food such as chicken kilwa, foule and sambusas. Owner…
Charlie Mercado, Gamepoint Basketball
December 13, 2021
Gamepoint Basketball based out of Oceanside, California is an elite youth basketball club founded by Charlie Mercado in 2004 and…
Soichi and Raechel Kadoya, Soichi Sushi
June 23, 2021
Chef Soichi Kadoya was a highly respected fixture in San Diego’s sushi scene. After 25 years of training in Japanese…
Daniel Palacios, Berkeley Pizza
December 12, 2018
In the fallout of the 2008 Great Recession, Daniel Palacios — then a real estate investor in San Diego —…
Rosario Sotelo and Rodnia Attiq, El Borrego
November 7, 2018
Mother-and-daughter Rosario Sotelo and Rodnia Attiq are the owners of El Borrego, the first restaurant in San Diego to serve lamb barbacoa.…
James Holtslag, The Heart and Trotter
July 19, 2018
Civic San Diego provided Accion San Diego, a nonprofit microlender, $400,000 in lending capital from the Civic San Diego Loan…
Jeremy LeBlanc and Chad Berkey, Tin Play
July 29, 2014
After four years of development, Jeremy and Chad were ready to launch their line of speciality bartending tools, but needed…
Melvina Hill, Melvina Hill Consulting
April 3, 2014
After being laid off, Melvina Hill built her fledgling consulting business with a microloan from Accion San Diego and Kiva.
John & Maria Harrison, Tea Gallerie
September 24, 2013
John and Maria Harrison's San Diego-based small business was able to double its revenues and hire two new employees thanks…
Unita Parnell, Caribbean Day Spa
July 2, 2013
From a young age, Unita Parnell knew that she wanted to take a different path. “I had no footprints to…
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