Small Business Profiles includes short corporate profiles for small to medium size firms.
Sunday, December 9, 2012
RenCenter event: Increasing Revenues for Your Nonprofit
Monday, October 29, 2012
Nonprofit Charity, Fiscal Sponsor and Incubator, MarinLink serves Marin County and the San Francisco Bay Area
Who is MarinLink? A San Rafael based organization providing fiscal sponsorship to individuals and groups in Marin County and the San Francisco Bay Area. An Incubator for community based projects.
MarinLink is Marin County's Community resource. For over a decade MarinLink has helped community-minded people realize their dreams.
About MarinLink
MarinLink finds and fills community needs by connecting resources, ideas, and expertise.
MarinLink helps community-minded people realize their dreams, serving as an incubator, fiscal sponsor, and multi-faceted resource for real solutions:
Homeless services,
Community gardens,
Environmental education projects,
Veterans programs,
Health and transportation initiatives.
Marin Link Projects
There are dozens of nonprofits projects that have benefited from working with MarinLink.
Connecting people to resources and expertise, MarinLink identifies and fulfills unmet community needs, strengthening Marin with nimble, solution-based innovation, and collaboration.
Sample Projects:
Warm Wishes distributes 5000 “StreetPacks” filled with new warm globes, scarves, hat6s, wool socks, and rain ponchos to homeless men and women throughout the Bay Area every winter.
GetMoneySmart.Info provides a comprehensive resource for financial education, trainings, and counseling in Marin.
Earth Day Marin is a family-oriented, environmentally centered annual celebration at Marin Civic Center.
Marin Trolleys is working for a demonstration line providing connectivity from SMART to Fairfax. The vision is for six lines connecting Marin’s cities and linking to regional transit. Marin Trolleys is rooted in “Back to the Future.” Marin County was established along rail lines, making Marin unique in that 70% of urban Marin is still within ½ mile of an original rail right-of way. Most of the original rail routes in Marin still exist. www.marintrolleys.org
Stroke Directory – The Marin County Stroke Directory — Resources that may save your life or someone you love.
Fiscal Sponsorship Program and Projects
Through its Fiscal Sponsorship Program, MarinLink assists individuals and community organizations engaged in projects consistent with its mission by providing administrative support and tax-exempt status.
Monday, October 8, 2012
Renaissance Marin is a nonprofit small business development center assisting Marin County small business
Renaissance Marin opened their offices in San Rafael in 2012. Renaissance Marin is a project of Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center dedicated to starting & growing local small businesses.
Mission
The mission of Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center is to empower and increase the entrepreneurial capacities of socially and economically diverse women and men, and thereby strengthen our communities through the creation of sustainable new businesses, new jobs, and the promotion of financial self-sufficiency.
Launched in partnership with the Marin Community Foundation, Renaissance Marin provides critical access to training, resources and support services designed to help aspiring and established entrepreneurs achieve their dreams of small business success and financial independence.
Whether you are a retailer, designer, manufacturer, contractor or bookkeeper — in the startup or expansion phase — Renaissance Marin will provide you with the training, tools, resources and networks needed to create your own thriving business.
Located at 1115 Third Street in San Rafael, Renaissance Marin provides office space in our small business incubator as well as drop in co-working space.
Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center
Launched in 1985, Renaissance has served tens of thousands of clients in a wide range of industries – from food, fashion and graphic design to education, technology and healthcare.
We offer small business training and resources at four locations:
Renaissance SoMa, San Francisco (headquarters)
Renaissance Bayview, San Francisco
Renaissance Mid-Peninsula, East Palo Alto
Renaissance Marin, San Rafael
SERVICES:
Classes & Workshops
Renaissance’s intensive business planning and introductory business classes will assist business owners in developing the marketing, finance, operations and management skills needed to write a comprehensive business plan and put you on your path to entrepreneurial success.
Advanced classes and workshops will hone your business skills. Both classes and workshops will give the opportunity to learn from successful small business owners, industry experts, graduates and your peers.
Business Incubator
Business Incubator provides both emerging and established small business owners with a vibrant and supportive community of peers and professionals.
They offer low cost office space, professional consultations tailored to business’ needs, conference rooms and building services to support the daily operations and growth.
Renaissance Marin’s building hosts 11 small businesses in a professional and supportive entrepreneurial community designed to help businesses grow and prosper.
Tenants benefit from a full menu of amenities and services.
Consulting
At Renaissance Marin you will meet other business owners and industry experts who will guide, support and inspire entrepreneur in achieving their business goals.
Commercial Kitchen
Open Workspace
The Open Work Space is a collaborative community of entrepreneurs and those seeking a cross pollination of ideas to improve their concepts whether for business startups, community projects or personal development.
For more information about classes and business opportunity visit http://rencentermarin.org or call (415) 348-6300.