21 days ago- Gene Darny, owner of Lotta’s Bakery on Polk Street, says an industrywide decline in small neighborhood bakeries might discourage most prospective pastry entrepreneurs, but for him, it became an opportunity.
35 days ago- For Jeannette Bitz, who was made a partner at Alameda-based Engage PR in December, the difference between merely handling clients and helping run a company is a matter of degrees.
42 days ago- When political pundits say Barack Obama has mastered the use of the Internet in his campaign, they are referring in some small part to the work of San Francisco’s LaunchSquad.
46 days ago- Whether it’s running a high-end restaurant in a seaside town or building software architecture for telecommunication giants, Dave Labuda says he aims to give value first. Profits are secondary to the satisfaction his varied enterprises provide.
56 days ago- Clare Munn brings an unusually global environmental and humanitarian perspective to the advertising and branding industry, which she credits in part to her childhood in Africa.
70 days ago- Erika Taylor, who runs her own public relations firm called Three Girls Media, didn’t arrive at her profession overnight. Before going into public relations, she had a career that spanned 18 years and ranged from time spent as a morning radio talk jock to working with the California state Legislature.
84 days ago- Jenna Raby had bought an Ikea table, but found herself unable to put it together. She wanted to find someone to help her, but was afraid to use Craigslist.org, the internet marketplace for swapping goods and services.
91 days ago- Current Lifestyle Marketing has headquarters in Chicago, designers in Dallas, media relations in Los Angeles and plans to open a New York City office in a few months.