City of San Bernardino
Innovation is often born in times of market pressure. The nationwide housing demand–but especially in California–has created an opening for non-traditional housing to flourish as lack of availability, inflated pricing, and competition makes home ownership difficult for most buyers.
City of Riverside
The City of Riverside is proud to support National Cybersecurity Awareness Month and the local companies working tirelessly to protect us. Businesses worldwide fall victim to cyber attacks every 14 seconds, according to Cybersecurity Ventures. That means the level of auditing required to probe internal software for unknown threats has grown beyond the resources and capabilities of most companies.
City of Riverside
The City of Riverside celebrates National Women in Small Business Month, and Kay Yang is a shining example of a local entrepreneur and engineer who rises above gender barriers. As a little girl growing up in Chino Hills, Yang remembers building a mini pulley system for her Barbie Dreamhouse. She and her dad would spend hours tinkering and problem-solving in their garage.
City of Riverside
Seven years ago, Jose Montero wrote “next generation networking tool billion-dollar opportunity” on his bathroom mirror, and he’s been cleaning around the phrase ever since. The founder and CEO of Blue Social got the idea for the mobile application while attending Riverside Community College.
City of Riverside
Life changed in 90 seconds for two business students enrolled in the California State University, San Bernardino, entrepreneurship program. Alfonso Anaya and Jose Navarrete launched their company Kids That Code after successfully presenting the idea to a panel of investors and entrepreneurs at the Inland Empire Center for Entrepreneurship Fast Pitch Competition.
City of Riverside
Riverside native Joshua Park grew up worrying his father may go blind. The elder Park has a degenerative eye disorder called keratoconus, which means irregularity of the cornea that can lead to blindness. Park’s strong desire to help his father led to an ingenious business idea born in an engineering lab at California Baptist University, in partnership with professor Matthew Rickard, another Riverside native.
City of Escondido
Deanna Smith’s Escondido-based business Deanna’s Gluten Free is one of the most successful gluten-free bakeries in the country, but the climb to success came from a loving good deed.
City of Vista
Despite the challenges with being a small business owner, particularly during the time of COVID-19, Traci Lawson of Public Lemon said she’s honored to be a part of the Vista business community.
City of Escondido
The pandemic hit the art community hard. However, creative people tend to find outlets even in the most unlikely places. Many local artists and muralists simply took their brushes to the streets and kept busy painting the street barriers that were put up around outdoor eating sites throughout the City.
City of Escondido
After a year-long hiatus, one of Escondido’s most famous and fun summer activities is back and revving to go. Cruisin’ Grand rolled into town on Friday, June 18, and will be parked on Grand Avenue every Friday from 4 to 9 p.m. through September 24.
Carlsbad Life in Action
When you hear the word “nonprofit,” you typically picture an effort that surrounds good-doing for kids, animals or the community, but nonprofits exist in the corporate world too. Connect, the San Diego nonprofit that uplifts tech and healthcare entrepreneurs, is one such example.
Carlsbad Life in Action
Manufacturing is a critical part of San Diego North County’s economy, representing more than 40,000 jobs and $18 billion in economic impact.