Renaissance’s Women's Business Center, a partnership with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), provides business training, access to capital, access to markets and support strategies that are essential to the successful growth of new and emerging women entrepreneurs in the San Francisco Bay Area. For more information, visit the SBA.
Since its inception in 1999, the Women’s Business Center has served over 10,000 women through programs and services designed to meet the needs of women entrepreneurs in every stage of business development, including Training classes and workshops, Business Incubation, the Financing Resource Center, fashion workshops, and programs specifically designed for women.
Programs under the Women's Business Center include:
Successful Women in Business Speaker Series - Offered Quarterly
- Next speaking engagement is with Ritual Coffee Roasters co-founder, Eileen Hassi
- Past Successful Women in Business Speakers include: Reem Rahim of Numi Organic Tea; Margot Fraser, founder and CEO of Birkenstock; Barbara Gabel, founder of Zachary's Pizza; Alyssa Rapp, founder of Bottlenotes.com; Helen Russell, founder of Equator Coffees & Teas; Jill Lublin, founder of Promising Promotion.
Fashion Business Training Program
Summer 2010 Fashion workshops:
Fashion Roundtable - 6:30-8:30 PM every second Monday of the month (August 9th, September 13th, October 11th, November 8th, etc.)
Procurement Training and Assistance
Business and Life Coaching
Workshops addressing family and life balance, money and finance, and leadership
Download the SBA's "A Helping Hand for Small Businesses: Health Insurance Tax Credits" handbook here.
| Nora Tong Bakery & Patisserie www.pastrynora.com |
Lori Shannon Women’s Athletic Clothing Stores www.seejanerun.com |
Simonida Cvejic Vocational training school for medical assistants www.bama-phleb.com |
| Christiane Schmidt East German Café www.walzwerk.com |
Melissa Joy Manning Gold and silver jewelry www.mjmmetal.com |
Jacquie Heard and Myra Holmes Security Services www.starpartnerssecurityinc.com |
| Claire Keane Confectioner www.clairesquares.com |
Sharon Eisenhauser |
Sharon Juarez Hair salon www.flipsalonsf.com |
| Brenda Buenviaje Soul Food Restaurant www.frenchsoulfood.com |
Rachel Pearson |
Jubilee Stanton Hair salon www.jubileehairstudio.com |
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Rachel Saunders |
Tina Schreiber Childrens clothing www.velvetandtweed.com |
Sharon Mueller Spa Dog Botanicals www.spadogbotanicals.com |
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Jill Litwin |
Robindira Unsworth |
Chandler Moore |
| Kysha Mitchell Childrens clothes www.yahzirose.com |
Lotta Jansdotter Design www.lottajansdotter.com |
Elizabeth Saintsing |
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Lauren Smith |
Tracy Cardenas |
Deborah Disman |
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Sasha Merritt |
Sandy Eng |
Bevin Deiters |
For more information, contact Jasmine Worrell, Women's Business Center Director, at 415-348-6220 or email
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