Helping founders find community and connections
Back-end support and organizing program that helps Open Test Kitchen's chef members build collectively owned food businesses, combining shared infrastructure services, cooperative planning, and fundraising support so BIPOC and traditionally marginalized chefs can grow with worker-rights and equity principles built in.
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Statewide network of California ESO hubs offering no-cost workshops, advising, mentorships, and workforce development services to underserved and underrepresented entrepreneurs across California counties.
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