The title of San Diego County’s first official microenterprise home kitchen operation (MEHKO) went to Diana Tapiz, owner of Tres Fuegos Cocina and client of the Small Business Development Center hosted at Southwestern College. Southwestern is home to the San Diego & Imperial Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Network lead center as well as the
EL CENTRO — Director for the Workforce and Economic Development Priscilla Lopez presented opening a Small Business Development Center in Imperial, CA to the local board of supervisors recently. A request for proposal was submitted and a total of $100,000 had been awarded to help the center. By Kassandra Mendoza, News Reporter for The Desert Review
San Diego SBDC Client Shares Story of Success | SAN DIEGO (May 5, 2022) – The first week of May is National Small Business Week, and among the top entrepreneurs recognized by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is Hernán Luis y Prado, founder and CEO of San Diego business VetPowered. Luis y Prado, a
The Brink SBDC client Ashleigh Ferran of In Good Company spoke on ABC 10 News of San Diego (KGTV) about her perspective on women-owned businesses as well as Brink SBDC Director Rachel Lozano Castro. Did you know in 2021, women owned 31% of small businesses or franchises in the United States?* And this number keeps
SAN DIEGO – Continuing efforts to help San Diegans recover from the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, Mayor Todd Gloria announced recently the allocation of an additional $6 million in grants as part of the City of San Diego’s Small Business and Nonprofit Relief Fund program in partnership with The San Diego Foundation. Back
