Today is the Day!

Margarita Moreno, proud owner of Princess Beauty Salon and Renaissance Client

Renaissance is kicking off our spring campaign to Create True Economic Opportunity for lower-income Bay Area women and men with Silicon Valley Gives.

For Margarita, who emigrated to California from Mexico in 1991, it took her personal determination along with intensive training from Renaissance to grow her business, Princess Beauty Salon in Daly City.

Although Margarita owned her own business for 12 years, she was struggling. When she heard of Renaissance onUnivision‘s morning show, Margarita quickly enrolled in Renaissance’s intensive Start Smart and Business Prep classes where she honed her marketing and finance skills. As a result, her business started to grow beyond her expectations and she was able to hire 2 new employees.

Your contribution to Renaissance will provide lower-income women and men with the small business training, consulting, financial education, business incubation, mentorship and access to capital, resources and networks all entrepreneurs need to succeed.

Your gift will help entrepreneurs like Margarita, for example:

$5,000 will fund 1 Start Smart (introduction to business class) for 20 individuals	$2,500 provides industry-specific training for 12 entrepreneurs in the construction or food sectors	$1,000 provides 2 months of onsite incubation for 1 emerging business
$750 will support 1 entrepreneur to attend our intensive 14-week “mini MBA”	$500 will support 1 woman in our women-focused small business and personal empowerment class	$250 will support 1 entrepreneur in securing capital for business launch and growth
$100 provides 2 hours of expert small business consulting in marketing, finance and operations	$50 keeps the lights on and our programs running. We can’t do it without them or you.	Every dollar helps!