Dos cabezas son mejores que una, y Mar Y Sol Alvarado y su esposo Alfred son un claro ejemplo de esta adagio. Como propietarios de Alro Window Coverings—una empresa de servicios de instalación en Mountain View, Calif.—Alfred trae su conocimiento empresarial a la mesa, en armonía con la experiencia en desarrollo empresarial de Mar al trabajar en organizaciones sin fines de lucro durante más de 10 años. 

Siendo una inmigrante de primera generación, Anahi Rojas sabe una que otra cosa sobre cómo buscar oportunidades.

Anahi, propietaria de Professional Eco Cleaning en Oakland, Calif., se mudó a los Estados Unidos hace trece años para buscar nuevas oportunidades económicas que le mejoraran su vida y la de su familia en México. En un principio, Anahi trabajó como mesera pero pronto se dió cuenta que la barrera del lenguaje sería un problema. Un tiempo después, se involucró en cooperativas de limpieza de casas en la que se convirtió en socia y en donde aprendió sobre administración de negocios y desarrolló sus estrategias de resolución de conflictos.

The simple need to put food on the table is what drove Dylan Kelly to start his window-washing business. Now nearly 20 years later, it’s his team’s ability to adapt and provide high levels of service that has kept his business thriving. 
 

Biome, headquartered in Riverside, Calif., encourages its clients to root their beauty routines in nature with plant-based organic beauty products including soap, shampoo, essential oils and more.

Owner Jaqueline Melissa Vrba explains “Without Mother Earth we are nothing. I want to remind people that all we need is what comes from her.”

While many of us are heading to pumpkin patches and apple orchards this month, Deb Ramirez Rock, owner of Sonoma Hot Sauce in Sonoma County, Calif., is encouraging her community to go pepper picking instead at her fourth annual harvest party.

“I’m an advocate for peppers over pumpkins,” Deb proclaims.

Harvest parties are a popular tradition in Sonoma County at this time of year and are one of the many reasons why Deb decided to base her business in Sonoma five years ago. 

Kenitra "Keni" Domínguez estaba decidida a ampliar los beneficios para los empleados de Red Bay Coffee cuando se convirtió en Directora de Gente y Cultura de la compañía de café ecológica a principios de 2018.
"Encontrar buenos beneficios para los empleados requiere tiempo, dedicación y recursos, y antes de venir a Red Bay, no había nadie que trabajara en el área operativa de recursos humanos o gestión de personas, por lo que básicamente estaba empezando de cero", comentó.

Growing up in Mexico, mornings for Nora Angeles were busy and often consisted of a trip to the neighborhood juice stand for a fresh juice or smoothie before school. This was an inexpensive and easy way for Nora’s mom to get her kids the nutrients they needed to start their day off right. After moving to America, this concept became the inspiration for Nora to start her own small business. 

When Andrew McDowell set out to open his small business, he wanted to address a prominent issue he was seeing in his community—food deserts.

South Los Angeles is riddled with food deserts, meaning that many neighborhoods do not have access to healthy, affordable food within a reasonable distance from their homes, leading to high rates of diabetes and other health problems.