Awards & Achievements

2017 Winner Oakland Indie Spirit Award -

Green Business 

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

$100,000 Technology Grant sponsored by Intel Corporation

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