Women's Business Centers in Northern California

Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center
www.rencenter.org
275 Fifth Street
San Francisco, CA 94103-4120
Telephone: 415-541-8580
Fax: 415-541-8589

Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center was founded in 1985 to empower and enhance the entrepreneurial capabilities of socially and economically diverse Bay Area residents. A non- profit organization, Renaissance draws on the support of local government, corporations and foundations to offer comprehensive assistance to budding entrepreneurs. The center's expanding offerings are tailored to the small business owner and include classroom training, business incubation, financing assistance and computer training.

Women's Initiative for Self Employment (WI)
www.womensinitiative.org
Women's Initiative for Self Employment

Barbara Johnson, Executive Director
1390 Market Street, Suite 113
San Francisco, CA 94102
Telephone: 415-247-9473
Fax: 415-247-9471
E-mail: frontdesk@womensinitiative.org

Women's Initiative provides business training and technical assistance in English and Spanish to low-income women in the San Francisco Bay Area. The English language program consists of a 2-week business assessment workshop, a 14-week business-skills workshop and a 4-week workshop on writing a business plan. The Spanish-language program parallels the English but is in modular format. WI also offers business support services, including one-on-one consultations, peer networking and support groups, and special seminars.

Women's Initiative for Self Employment(WI)
Spanish Site
Mercedes Sansores, Director
1398 Valencia St.
San Francisco, CA 94110
Telephone: 415-826 5090
Fax: 415-826-1885
E-mail: oficina@womensinitiative.org

Women's Initiative for Self Employment (WI)
Oakland - Women's Business Center
English and Spanish Services
Laura Hoover, Program Manager
11611 Telegraph Ave., Suite 702
Oakland, CA 94612
Telephone:
English 510-451-3415
Spanish: 510-287-9970
Fax: 510-451-3428
E-mail: frontdesk@womensinitiative.org

Women's Initiative for Self Employment (WI)
www.WomensInitiative.org

Julie Castro-Abrams, CEO
info@womensinitiative.org

Oakland-Downtown

519 17th Street, Suite 110
Oakland, CA 94612
Telephone: (510) 287-3100

Oakland-Fruitvale

3700 E. 12th Street, Suite 1A
Oakland, CA 94601
Telephone: (510) 434-2600

San Francisco

1398 Valencia Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
Telephone: (415) 641-3460

Concord

1465 Enea Circle, Bldg. E, Suite 900
Concord, CA 94520
Telephone: (925) 603-2770

San Jose

c/o National Hispanic University
14271 Story Road
San Jose, CA 95127
Telephone: (408) 999-7609

Novato

7250 Redwood Blvd., Suite 207
Novato, CA 94945
Telephone: (415) 499-9300

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Updated 2008