River Song Natural Foods is a natural foods store in the rural area of Willow Creek, California, and is the only natural food store within 32 miles. The store provides 100% natural foods and beverages, with 90% of those foods and beverages being organic. Most of their products are from local producers and are of the highest quality. River Song Natural Foods strives to achieve total customer satisfaction by offering specials and welcoming customer feedback.
“Helping people in business to be more organized and productive”
Taylor Made Organizing works with professionals in both the private and public sector assisting them in creating an office environment that supports them and the work that they do. Lisa Fryrear started Taylor Made organizing in 2007 while still working at a full time job. She completed training and obtained certifications as Professional Organizer and Productivity Trainer. Lisa provides clarity, focus, and freedom to her clients’ lives by implementing organization and productivity systems. In addition to one-on-one consulting, services include workshops and training seminars that accelerate productivity, promote skill development and improve employee collaboration.
Organic Grace is located in the rural town of Garberville and offers home products and building supplies that are healthier for humans and gentler on the earth. The mission is two-fold; first to improve the health of their customers by offering non-toxic products as an alternative to the growing list of mainstream merchandise that contain cancer-causing and other toxic components, and secondly, to educate consumers and promote products that do not poison the earth. In-store sales account for about half of sales, with Internet sales making up the other half.
Monica Hubbard had been working at a local bookstore in Humboldt County. She had been gaining more responsibility at the book store, when she realized, “I could do this on my own. I like this life of books and people.” In September of 2006, Monica went into business for herself and opened up a used book store called Rain All Day Books.
Sandy Westfall, who was reluctantly closing her business of 30 years, found herself at the Employment Development Department. She was there with the sole concern of taking care of her now former employees. Sandy was unsure of her future and where she might be headed. While at the center, she found that she too could use their assistance. She saw that they had a professional organizer certification and decided to go for it. However, once she received her certification, she didn’t know where to go from there. The Employment Development Department then referred Sandy to the North Coast Small Business Development Center.
Ted Sheets has been making signs since 1984. In 2006 he began to look at the possibility of moving out of his garage, which was full to the rafters. Ted wanted to expand his sign business and started looking at sign franchise opportunities. But he didn’t know how to tell if it was a good deal or not. How much cash would he need, and what was the monthly break even?
When the opportunity first came up in 2006 to buy The Forks Lounge in Willow Creek, in Northern California, Kim Walker and Steve Martinez were very excited. When they started to look for financing, however, they were less confident in their abilities to complete a business plan that lenders would find acceptable. Even though they had both worked in business for a number of years, the commercial loan process was something entirely new.
Like most artists, Connie Rose has been creating works of art all her life. However, she never quite considered herself an “artist”. Like anyone else, she worked a typical 9-5 office job and art was just a hobby on the side. After a while she began selling her bead work and experimenting with textiles. Even after Connie had begun selling her art work, she still didn’t label herself as an artist. However, after she participated in the North Coast SBDC Artists Flight program that all changed.
With a small group of investors, Bob Smith founded Mad River Brewing Company in 1989. Bob was committed to both brewing fine ales with traditional brewing methods, and using “Reduce, Re-use and Recycle” programs. Mad River Brewing Company has achieved a 98% waste reduction rate.
Jessica McGuinty has a head of unruly curls. After devising a recipe to tame her locks with flaxseed gel, she shared her concoction with others she met in an online community dedicated to curly-haired individuals. That was in 2002. Since then she has developed a full line of hair products for curly hair and has created a cult-following of customers.
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River Song Natural Foods is a natural foods store in the rural area of Willow Creek, California, and is the only natural food store within 32 miles. The store provides 100% natural foods and beverages, with 90% of those foods and beverages being organic. Most of their products are from local producers and are of the highest quality. River Song Natural Foods strives to achieve total customer satisfaction by offering specials and welcoming customer feedback.
“Helping people in business to be more organized and productive”
Organic Grace is located in the rural town of Garberville and offers home products and building supplies that are healthier for humans and gentler on the earth. The mission is two-fold; first to improve the health of their customers by offering non-toxic products as an alternative to the growing list of mainstream merchandise that contain cancer-causing and other toxic components, and secondly, to educate consumers and promote products that do not poison the earth. In-store sales account for about half of sales, with Internet sales making up the other half.
Ted Sheets has been making signs since 1984. In 2006 he began to look at the possibility of moving out of his garage, which was full to the rafters. Ted wanted to expand his sign business and started looking at sign franchise opportunities. But he didn’t know how to tell if it was a good deal or not. How much cash would he need, and what was the monthly break even?
When the opportunity first came up in 2006 to buy The Forks Lounge in Willow Creek, in Northern California, Kim Walker and Steve Martinez were very excited. When they started to look for financing, however, they were less confident in their abilities to complete a business plan that lenders would find acceptable. Even though they had both worked in business for a number of years, the commercial loan process was something entirely new.
With a small group of investors, Bob Smith founded Mad River Brewing Company in 1989. Bob was committed to both brewing fine ales with traditional brewing methods, and using “Reduce, Re-use and Recycle” programs. Mad River Brewing Company has achieved a 98% waste reduction rate.
