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BART reaches out to Hispanic-owned businesses

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30 June 2012 Visión Hispana Print Email
Hispanics are opening businesses at a rate almost three times higher than the national average, according to the most recent U.S. Census data. Now many Hispanic businesses are in the process of learning how to participate in the bidding, award and administration of contracts with government agencies and large companies.

Hispanics are opening businesses at a rate almost three times higher than the national average, according to the most recent U.S. Census data. What was once regarded as a minority group now represents the fastest-growing segment of the nation’s economy.

Hispanic-owned businesses represent 16.5 percent of all businesses in California, a fact that well known by government agencies and private organizations. A growing number of organizations are bringing resources to help Hispanic entrepreneurs start, operate and grow their business.

Celebrating Oakland’s revolutionaries

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19 May 2012 Visión Hispana Print Email
Alfonso Dominguez and Sarah Filley are founders of popuphood, a small business incubator revitalizing Oakland neighborhoods. Popuphood is one of 600 people and businesses that have been nominated for the Oakland Indie Awards, which celebrate the revolutionary spirit of entrepreneurs.

Oakland´s reputation is built upon many things - some that are true, some that are untrue, and some that are so obviously true…at least for people who care to look. The revolutionary spirit of the city´s businesses and artists is one of the in-your-face truths that define the city and its culture. Despite the great challenges the city has faced for many years, there is a well-fueled vibrancy in its people and places.

Celebrando a los revolucionarios de Oakland

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19 May 2012 Visión Hispana Print Email
Alfonso Dominguez y Sarah Filley son fundadores de popuphood, una incubadora de pequeños negocios para revitalizar los vecindarios de Oakland. Popuphood es uno de los 600 negocios y personas que han sido nominados para los Oakland Indie Awards, premios que celebran el espíritu revolucionario de los empresarios.

La reputación de Oakland está basada en muchas cosas – algunas verdaderas, algunas falsas y otras que son obviamente verdaderas… por lo menos para las personas que se preocupan por observar. El espíritu revolucionario de los negocios y los artistas de la ciudad es una de las verdades evidentes que define a la ciudad y su cultura. A pesar de los grandes retos que la ciudad ha enfrentado durante muchos años, hay una vibra bien alimentada en su gente y sus lugares.

Strong competitors

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09 April 2012 Visión Hispana Print Email

Tina ‘tamale’ Ramos at work at her family’s Oakland restaurant, which is a prime example of female entrepreneurship. Generating nearly $1.3 trillion in revenues and employing nearly 7.7 million people, women-owned businesses across the nation are growing rapidly.

Women business owners lead growth ---  

Women-owned businesses across the U.S. continue to grow in number and economic stature, and Bay Area businesses reflect this national trend. According to the annual State of Women-Owned Businesses report, women-owned businesses are competing strongly in industries such as construction and transportation, where women-owned companies are just as likely as all others to generate more than half a million dollars in annual sales.

Fuertes competidoras

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08 April 2012 Visión Hispana Print Email

Tina ‘tamale’ Ramos trabajando en su restaurante familiar en Oakland, negocio que destaca como ejemplo de las mujeres emprendedoras. Generando cerca de $1.3 trillones en ventas y empleando cerca de 7.7 millones de personas, los negocios de las mujeres están creciendo a un ritmo muy acelerado en todo el país.

Dueñas de negocio a la cabeza generando crecimiento ---  
 
Los negocios de las mujeres en todo EEUU continúan creciendo en número y tamaño, y los negocios del Área de la Bahía reflejan este tendencia nacional. De acuerdo al reporte anual ‘State of Women-Owned Businesses’, los negocios de las mujeres están compitiendo fuertemente en industrias como la construcción y el transporte, donde las compañías de las mujeres son tan capaces como cualquier firma de generar más de medio millón de dólares en ventas anuales.

Minority-owned businesses grow through diversity programs

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07 April 2012 Visión Hispana Print Email
Mary Jo Avila, president of MJ Avila, a Hispanic, women-owned construction company. PG&E recently announced that it achieved an all-time high of $1.61 billion in spending with diverse suppliers in 2011. PG&E’s spending with Hispanic-owned businesses reached an all-time high of $409 million in 2011, an increase of almost 60 percent above 2010.

Mary Jo Avila, president of MJ Avila, a Hispanic, women-owned construction company, never imagined what her company would become when she and her husband first started their venture back in 1980. Today, her company employs up to 100 people to complete big projects such as solar energy farms for Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E).

“We were always ideally positioned to perform the kind of work needed at a solar site, but we wouldn’t have thought about expanding into the area if