Over the past 18 years, volunteers have been critical to help us cultivate low-income food entrepreneurs as they formalize and grow their businesses.
After looking at our most critical volunteer needs, we've identified specific roles that would make the most impact for our entrepreneurs and our organization at this time: Please review the link for each skillset that will describe the duties and requirements.
Accountants: We are seeking accountants/bookkeepers who have the time to support the small business owners in our program to come up with systems to keep paper records help them onboard onto Quickbooks with flexibility to answer ad hoc. questions.
https://lacocinasf.box.com/s/hojjpdih1rfihkmrsxhpv3tgh3sflfxq
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
2948 FOLSOM ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94110, US
The mission of La Cocina is to cultivate low-income food entrepreneurs as they formalize and grow their businesses by providing affordable commercial kitchen space, industry-specific technical assistance and access to market and capital opportunities. We focus primarily on women from communities of color and immigrant communities. Our vision is that entrepreneurs will become economically self-sufficient and contribute to a vibrant economy doing what they love to do.
San Francisco’s First Incubator Kitchen
La Cocina is a ground-breaking business incubator designed to reduce the obstacles that often prevent entrepreneurs from creating successful and sustainable small businesses. By providing shared resources and an array of industry-specific services, business incubators ensure small businesses can succeed. La Cocina follows this model by providing commercial kitchen space and technical assistance focusing on low-income women and immigrant entrepreneurs who are launching, growing and formalizing food businesses.
Breaking Down Barriers
The food industry has a notoriously high cost of entry: the fees for licensed and insured commercial kitchen space, the start-up costs to open a restaurant, the standards set to compete for shelf space at specialty stores and large retailers. Such restrictive barriers to entry often discourage burgeoning food entrepreneurs from launching a business. Those who do face an uphill battle for success in an overwhelming and incredibly crowded marketplace.
La Cocina provides a platform for these motivated entrepreneurs to hone their skills and successfully transition into the highly regulated and competitive food industry.
2948 Folsom StreetSan Francisco, CA 94110
June 3, 2024
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