Awards & Achievements

2021 Stop Waste Reduce Recycle Grant

2021 Comcast Rise Award

2021 Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses 

2017 Winner Oakland Indie Spirit Award -Green Business 

2017 KCBS Small Business Grant Challenge

2011 President William J Clinton Entrepreneur Mentorship Program

2010 British Airways Face to Face Winner

2008 White House Leadership Program

sponsored by O magazine (names listed alphabetically) 

2007 Business Breakthrough Award – Visa/Microsoft

2006 Grand Prize Winner The World of Difference

2005 Living History Maker Award, Wells Fargo Bank

2005 Best of the Bay, "Most Specialized Store" 

2003 Environmental Protection Agency Special Achievement Award

2002 Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year Award,

San Francisco Renaissance Entrepreneur Center