San Francisco SoMa/WBC Archives - Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center

🖥️How To Promote to Your Regular Loyal Customers (WBC 11/18)

Learn how to use a dead-simple rewards setup that keeps regulars choosing you over competitors. You will learn how to turn on the automated customer data-collection features built inside your existing POS register system to send short sales alerts that bring regulars back through your doors.

This workshop is offered by Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center and funded by the Office of Economic and Workforce Development to support small businesses in the SoMa neighborhood of San Francisco

Note: Our services and programs are open to all entrepreneurs. All Renaissance WBC/SOMA programs and services are extended to the public on a nondiscriminatory basis.

Facilitator: Christina Hunt

Christina Hunt is a trained marketing professional. She’s worked on creating product (Under Armour, USA), on managing a brand (Kit and Ace, UK), on overall marketing and sales strategy (BOOM Cycle, UK), on the media and communications strategy and execution (Carat GmbH, Germany), on Facebook and Instagram advertising strategy and execution (Facebook, USA), and many things in between. Now she takes her lessons and learnings to work with small-to-medium-sized businesses across the globe. Christina says, “Helping others like this is my greatest joy, it’s my way of making an impact. Something I felt I never did while working in the corporate world”.

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Renaissance WBC is funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration. All opinions, conclusions, or recommendations expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the SBA. All SBA programs or cosponsored programs are extended to the public on a nondiscriminatory basis. Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities will be made, if requested, at least 2 weeks in advance. Contact: Women Business Center wbc@rencenter.org, (415) 894-9779.

📍Women Mean Business: Wrap, Reflect & Rise – A Year-End Business Reset (WBC 12/17/26)

Running a small business takes a lot of energy, and as the year comes to a close, it’s important to make space for yourself, too. Join us for an in-person gathering with fellow small business owners to slow down, reflect on the year, and explore how to end 2026 without burning out.

Through guided reflection and meaningful conversations, we’ll look at what’s working, what’s draining your energy, and what you can let go of. You’ll have space to celebrate your progress, rethink your priorities, and explore ways to truly rest and recharge while preparing for the year ahead.

Leave with a fresh perspective, renewed energy, and a more intentional approach to planning for 2027—one that supports both your business goals and your well-being. Connect with fellow entrepreneurs, share experiences, and remember that building a sustainable business starts with taking care of yourself, too.

Facilitator: Tanya Reyes

Tanya Reyes:

With more than 15 years of experience, Tanya Reyes is a dedicated administrator with expertise in managing a variety of programs in both the business and nonprofit sectors. As an entrepreneur, she brings extensive experience in guiding small businesses and fostering economic development.

Her professional background includes roles as a business coach, program manager, and intensive case manager, where she has excelled in facilitating workshops, conducting community outreach, and providing case management services.

Fluent in Spanish and highly skilled in administrative operations, Tanya is committed to driving success through strategic partnerships and effective communication. Her proficiency in Microsoft Office, Google Workspace, and social media management, combined with her certification in event planning, reflects her versatility and commitment to excellence.

With a passion for community engagement and a proven track record of impact, Tanya Reyes continues to make meaningful contributions to the growth and development of her community.

Note: Our services and programs are open to all entrepreneurs. All Renaissance WBC/SOMA programs and services are offered to the public without discrimination.

All clients must register for classes via your client portal account. Here’s how you can do it.
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Holiday Market at 111 Minna Gallery

Support local women-owned businesses at our annual Holiday Market.

Shop Local. Support Women. Celebrate the Season!

Get ready to sip, shop, and celebrate the holidays—all while supporting incredible local women-owned businesses! 🎄✨

Join NAWBO-SFBA and our community partners for a festive FREE Holiday Market at our exciting new location, Minna Gallery in the heart of San Francisco!

Whether you’re searching for the perfect holiday gift, treating yourself to something special, or simply soaking up the holiday spirit, this is the place to be!

📅 Event Details

Wednesday, December 2, 2026

⏰ 11:00 AM – 6:30 PM – Stop by anytime!

📍 Minna Gallery | 111 Minna Street, San Francisco

🎟️ FREE Admission! RSVP Requested

Discover Something Special!

Shop an exciting selection of unique gifts and handcrafted treasures from local entrepreneurs and women-owned businesses, including:

Artisan Goods: Handcrafted jewelry, ceramics, artwork, and more
Gourmet Treats: Chocolates, baked goods, specialty foods, and beverages
Holiday Gifts: Festive décor, candles, ornaments, and gift sets
Fashion & Accessories: Stylish apparel, handbags, scarves, and accessories
Wellness & Beauty: Skincare, self-care essentials, and natural products

Every Purchase Makes a Difference!

When you shop at our Holiday Market, you’re doing more than checking gifts off your list. You’re supporting local women entrepreneurs, strengthening small businesses, and investing in our community.

Bring your friends, coworkers, and holiday shopping list! Make a day of it, discover something wonderful, and meet the talented women behind the businesses.

Admission Is FREE — Please RSVP!

There’s no cost to attend! We simply ask that you register in advance so we can plan for a wonderful experience.

Reserve your free ticket today and help us celebrate the season while supporting women in business!

Thank You to Our Sponsors & Partners

This festive community event is made possible through the generous support and collaboration of:

Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center | Minna Gallery | JPMorgan Chase

Interested in Becoming a Vendor?

Vendor space is limited! We’re inviting local women-owned businesses to showcase their products, connect with shoppers, and be part of this special holiday celebration. Don’t miss this opportunity to introduce your business to new customers during the holiday shopping season! Interested vendors should contact NAWBO-SFBA for availability and participation details.

🎄 Shop small. Support women. Spread holiday cheer. We can’t wait to see you at Minna Gallery!

Questions about the event or interested in joining the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter? Reach out: nawbosfbayarea@gmail.com

And be sure to follow us on social media @nawbosfba.

Photo and Video Consent

By attending this event, you consent to being photographed, filmed, and/or recorded. These images and videos may be used in promotional materials, social media, or other NAWBO SFBA Chapter communications. If you do not wish to be photographed or recorded, please inform the event organizer upon arrival.

Your participation in the event is greatly appreciated, and we are excited to have you with us!

Additionally, by registering for this event with NAWBO-SFBA, you consent to have your contact information added to our mailing list. You may unsubscribe at any time.

Note: Our services and programs are open to all entrepreneurs. All Renaissance WBC/SOMA programs and services are extended to the public on a nondiscriminatory basis.

All clients must register for classes via your client portal account. Here is how you can do it.

Already a Renaissance Client?

New to the Renaissance Community?

Get started by filling out a client interest form and attending an orientation.

*All clients must complete an interest form and attend orientation before signing up for classes.*

🖥️¿Estás cobrando lo suficiente esta temporada navideña? (WBC 12/03)

La temporada navideña puede ser una gran oportunidad para aumentar las ventas, pero ofrecer descuentos y promociones sin conocer bien tus costos y márgenes puede afectar tus ganancias. En esta sesión de una hora, aprenderás a revisar tus precios, calcular tus costos y márgenes, y tomar decisiones de precios más estratégicas para esta temporada.

También exploraremos cómo crear promociones atractivas sin reducir demasiado tus ganancias y cómo asegurarte de que cada venta contribuya a la salud financiera de tu negocio.

Nota: Nuestros servicios y programas están abiertos a todos los emprendedores. Todos los programas y servicios de Renaissance WBC/SOMA se ofrecen al público sin discriminación.

Instructora: Adela Jaimes y equipo

Empresaria, Mamá, Mercadóloga de Profesión, Amante del Diseño y Health Coach. Desde hace más de 15 años, Adela se considera una apasionada en ayudar a emprendedores a transformar sus ideas en negocios rentables y exitosos a través de herramientas y técnicas efectivas de Marketing tradicional y Digital. Es Fundadora y CEO de Marketea una agencia de Diseño y Marketing enfocada a emprendedores, dueños de negocio y organizaciones sin fines de lucro, donde ha logrado darle forma y estructura a cientos de negocios desde Estrategias de Negocio, Marketing, Branding, Redes Sociales, Páginas Web, Ecommerce hasta formación empresarial a través de talleres y cursos. Colabora con varias organizaciones sin fines de lucro en donde forma parte de Mesas Directivas, y es mentora a través de consultorías e impartición talleres. Asimismo encabeza el diseño y ejecución de estrategias de marketing y comunicación para estas organizaciones. Ha colaborado con varias empresas transnacionales dentro del departamento de mercadotecnia apoyando en el desarrollo, ejecución y lanzamientos de nuevos productos al mercado.

Si tienes dudas o necesitas ayuda puedes llenar este formulario de interes para inscribirse a este programa: Formulario de interés

Todos los clientes deben registrarse para las clases a través de su cuenta en el portal de clientes. Así es cómo puedes hacerlo:

¿Ya eres cliente de Renaissance?

Inicia sesión en tu portal de cliente y accede al calendario en la parte superior de tu pantalla.

¿Eres nuevo en la comunidad de Renaissance?

Comienza llenando este Formulario de interés y nos pondremos en contacto para crear un portal de cliente.

*Todos los clientes deben completar un formulario de interés y asistir a una orientación antes de inscribirse en las clases.*

Renaissance WBC se financia en parte mediante un acuerdo de cooperación con la Administración de Pequeñas Empresas de EEUU. Todas las opiniones, conclusiones o recomendaciones expresadas son las del autor o autores y no reflejan necesariamente el punto de vista de la SBA. Todos los programas de la SBA o programas copatrocinados se extienden al público sobre una base no discriminatoria. Se realizarán adaptaciones razonables para personas con discapacidad, si se solicitan, con al menos 2 semanas de antelación. Contacto: Contacto: Women Business Center, wbc@rencenter.org o envie mensaje de texto (415) 894-9779.

🖥️Turn Your Customer Insights into Action with AI (WBC 12/14/26)

Participants bring the information they already have or recently collected, such as past sales reports, online reviews, and customer emails. They learn how free AI tools can find patterns much faster than by hand (what customers value most, recurring complaints, who bought only once and why) while respecting data privacy. They then identify:
– quick wins for January, such as bringing back gift-card shoppers, turning returns into exchanges, and winning a second purchase from new holiday customers
– what to keep, stop, and start doing
– bigger questions about where to take the business next

Facilitator: Delphine Jacquin

Note: Our services and programs are open to all entrepreneurs. All Renaissance WBC/SOMA programs and services are extended to the public on a nondiscriminatory basis.

All clients must register for classes via your client portal account. Here is how you can do it.

Already a Renaissance Client?

New to the Renaissance Community?

Get started by filling out a client interest form and attending an orientation.

*All clients must complete an interest form and attend orientation before signing up for classes.*

🖥️Quarterly Taxes for Small Businesses: File & Stay Compliant (WBC & SSTB 11/16/26)

Filing quarterly estimated taxes doesn’t have to be stressful. Join Start Small Think Big and Miguel Mattos, Tax Strategist & Certified Financial Education Instructor, for a free 1-hour session that walks small business owners through the key steps to estimate and file quarterly taxes on time, and avoid penalties.

In this session, you’ll learn:

Quarterly Tax Basics: Who needs to file and how to determine deadlines.
Calculating Estimated Taxes: How to estimate and pay federal taxes on schedule.
Business Expenses: Deductible vs. depreciable expenses—and how they impact your tax bill.
Self-Employment Taxes: What they are and how to calculate and pay them.
Payroll Considerations: How payroll affects quarterly obligations, including deposits and filings.

Why Attend?

Build confidence to file accurately and on time.
Learn from an experienced small-business tax specialist.
Leave with practical tips and resources to make tax time easier.

Thank you to the Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center and The Start Small Think Big Organization for partnering with us on this event!

Note: Our services and programs are open to all entrepreneurs. All Renaissance WBC/SOMA programs and services are extended to the public on a nondiscriminatory basis.

All clients must register for classes via your client portal account. Here is how you can do it.

Already a Renaissance Client?

New to the Renaissance Community?

Get started by filling out a client interest form and attending an orientation.

*All clients must complete an interest form and attend orientation before signing up for classes.*

Five South Bay Food Businesses Move Into a Permitted Kitchen at Emanuel Baptist Church

Posted on 10/19/202610/19/2026 by chrisb

Five South Bay Food Businesses Open Their Doors at Emanuel Baptist Church

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. / October 19, 2026 — Our second Beyond the Kitchen incubator gives five food entrepreneurs a permitted commercial kitchen in a church that wasn’t using the space.

Five South Bay food entrepreneurs started cooking in a compliant commercial kitchen at Emanuel Baptist Church this fall, many of them for the first time. We opened the space in partnership with the church, and it’s the second kitchen incubator we’ve launched through Beyond the Kitchen.

The program takes church kitchens that sit idle and converts them into fully permitted commercial space. Access to a compliant kitchen is one of the biggest costs between a home cook and a licensed food business in Santa Clara County, and the church kitchen takes that cost off the table.

The tenants came out of a training cohort of 38 food entrepreneurs. Over the past year, we taught that cohort in English and Spanish and delivered 362 hours of one-on-one technical assistance. We then selected the five tenants from the group.

Wells Fargo’s seed funding carried the program from the first training session to opening day. It paid for the bilingual training, the one-on-one assistance, and the staff who prepared these operators for the kitchen. Georgette Bhathena, head of Community Relations for Wells Fargo, said the program “can be a blueprint for communities across the country.”

Mayor Matt Mahan joined the tenants, church leadership, our staff, Wells Fargo representatives, and community members at the grand opening. I’m grateful to Emanuel Baptist Church for opening its kitchen to these businesses.

🖥️Your Next Level Business (WBC 12/14/26)

Join us for Your Next Level Business on December 14, 2026, to explore strategies to strengthen your business, overcome challenges, and take your business to the next level.

Clarify your “why” and think like an entrepreneur: Use your purpose (“why”) to drive growth, and build leadership/mindset skills like the flywheel (momentum), the hedgehog concept (focus), growth mindset, and grit
Define direction with purpose, mission, vision—and balance it with profit: Learn how to write/revisit purpose, mission, and vision statements (and use them to align teams and attract lenders/investors), while understanding that profit and cash flow are necessary to achieve your vision
Build an operational foundation for growth: Understand common business structures (sole proprietorship, partnership, C corp, S corp, LLC, B Corp) and how to streamline operations with practical organization systems (docs, accounting, scheduling, taxes)
Increase agility and resilience: Learn strategies to stay nimble through industry ups/downs—prioritizing cash flow, investing in technology aligned to business goals, strengthening cybersecurity basics, and using digital banking tools and online channels to adapt faster
Put people first and “level up” with a stronger plan: How to hire and build a values-driven workplace, leverage professional advisors/connectors, use diverse-business certifications to open networks/opportunities, and update your business plan into a practical blueprint (including SWOT and go-to-market improvements)

Facilitator: Pablo Solares

Vice President, Sr. Business Consultant
San Francisco, California

Chase for Business

Note: Our services and programs are open to all entrepreneurs. All Renaissance WBC/SOMA programs and services are extended to the public on a nondiscriminatory basis.

All clients must register for classes via your client portal account. Here is how you can do it.

Already a Renaissance Client?

New to the Renaissance Community?

Get started by filling out a client interest form and attending an orientation.

*All clients must complete an interest form and attend orientation before signing up for classes.*

🖥️Windows of Opportunity (WBC 12/07/26)

Join us for Windows of Opportunity on December 7, 2026, to explore strategies and resources to identify new opportunities and support your business growth:

What supplier diversity is and why it matters: A foundational overview of supplier diversity—how it aims to help diverse-owned businesses win competitive supplier contracts—and why relationships and connections can help drive growth
How government contracting works (and where the opportunity is): An introduction to federal contracting and the Small Business Administration (SBA), including what qualifies as a “small business” for federal contracting (industry size standards/NAICS-driven)
Government supplier diversity programs and certifications: An overview of key SBA contracting assistance programs (e.g., SDB, Women-Owned, Veteran, 8(a), HUBZone, Mentor-Protégé) and how set-aside vs. sole-source contracts can reduce competition
Corporate supplier diversity programs and the value of certification: How private-sector certifications act as a “stamp of approval,” can help you get discovered by purchasing teams, access corporation-specific programs, enter larger markets, and potentially improve access to loans/investors.
How to prepare, apply, and maximize your certification: Practical steps to get “certification-ready” (clean GAAP-aligned financials, documentation, site visit/interview prep), how to create key artifacts like a capability statement and respond to RFPs, and how to network/follow up to make the most of certification once you have it

Facilitator: Pablo Solares

Vice President, Sr. Business Consultant
San Francisco, California

Chase for Business

Note: Our services and programs are open to all entrepreneurs. All Renaissance WBC/SOMA programs and services are extended to the public on a nondiscriminatory basis.

All clients must register for classes via your client portal account. Here is how you can do it.

Already a Renaissance Client?

New to the Renaissance Community?

Get started by filling out a client interest form and attending an orientation.

*All clients must complete an interest form and attend orientation before signing up for classes.*

🖥️Stand Out This Holiday Season: Create a Storefront That Gets Noticed (WBC 12/07/26)

Learn how to create a holiday storefront that catches attention, brings more people through your doors, and makes your business stand out from the competition. You’ll explore simple, practical ideas for displays, colors, lighting and product placement that can help turn holiday foot traffic into sales.

Facilitador: Rose Balderian

Rose Balderian is the founder of VM Works. With over 25 years of Visual Merchandising experience, she has worked with various retail categories, including clothing, accessories, cosmetics, home goods, food and beverage. Rose spent a good portion of her career working with luxury retail brands but her passion lies in helping the small business community grow. She is a firm believer that having a smaller budget often leads to more creative results!

Note: Our services and programs are open to all entrepreneurs. All Renaissance WBC/SOMA programs and services are extended to the public on a nondiscriminatory basis.

All clients must register for classes via your client portal account. Here is how you can do it.

Already a Renaissance Client?

New to the Renaissance Community?

Get started by filling out a client interest form and attending an orientation.

*All clients must complete an interest form and attend orientation before signing up for classes.*

Tag: San Francisco SoMa/WBC

🖥️How To Promote to Your Regular Loyal Customers (WBC 11/18)

📍Women Mean Business: Wrap, Reflect & Rise – A Year-End Business Reset (WBC 12/17/26)

Holiday Market at 111 Minna Gallery