Are you beginning a new business venture?

Don’t miss our list of resources for budding entrepreneurs in the homecare staffing and other industries in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Access Elite - Resources for Budding Entrepreneurs

At Access Elite, we want to help aspiring entrepreneurs in the community achieve their goals, as we have. We know how much work it takes to bring your dream to fruition and how important having access to reliable information and advice can be. Below you will find a list of the many wonderful organizations we’ve partnered with along the journey to create our homecare staffing agency. We want to share them with you in hopes of making your road to success a little smoother.

Free Mentorship Programs to Help You Start and Grow Your Business

AnewAmerica Community Corporation – Women’s Business Center
510-532-5240

This Oakland Fruitvale District area resource center provides training, counseling, and other support services to help women entrepreneurs start and successfully grow their businesses.
*A special thanks to Darlene Neel, Director of the Oakland location, for helping us along our journey. Darlene supported us by providing a Business Foundation Training course with six sessions and helping us create our business plan – services that come free with a 3-year incubation program.

East Bay SCORE
510-273-6611

East Bay SCORE is an organization of successful business entrepreneurs and industry executives who volunteer to counsel and mentor businesses at no cost – from start-up to success. As a resource partner of the Small Business Association (SBA), SCORE's free counseling service includes business plans, financing availability, and workshops that teach all aspects of business management.
* A special thanks to our two mentors, Willis White and Kathy Donovan, for helping us get our homecare staffing agency afloat.

Norcal Procurement Technical Assistance Center
707-267-7561

A government-funded nonprofit formed to help small businesses find, bid on, and win contracts with federal, state, local, and tribal agencies. Their no-cost services include one-on-one counseling, custom bid-matching, training, resources, and networking opportunities.
*A special thanks to our mentor, Lenny Bean.

Web Content and Search Engine Optimization

Rachel Kim, Graphic Designer
When we searched for web designers, we were drawn to Rachel’s portfolio of websites. She transformed our existing logo to better match our vision of our website, reflecting the warm, welcoming, casual feel we were looking for.
* A special thank you to Rachel for capturing our essence in a logo that beautifully represents our brand.

WSI Net Advantage, California
510-687-9737

WSI Net Advantage Digital Marketing Strategies and Implementation takes the time to understand your organization and customers, building a digital marketing strategy aligned to your business and designed to deliver remarkable results.
*A special thank you to Kevin Dean, Digital Marketing Consultant, and Trisha Parisi, writer, for their time and commitment to capturing and communicating our message.

Faith, Endurance, and Drive

KLOVE Positive, Encouraging Music
For uplifting music, prayer, and support, visit KLOVE or stream them live. Their mission is always to be positive, inspiring others with feel-good music.

Access More Media
Access Media is an amazing site, offering access to inspiring, encouraging, faith-based content.

Funding and Sponsorship Services

To those who believe in us as much as we believe in ourselves, we are grateful for your sponsorship and services. May we be as blessed in the future and pay it forward.

• Working Solutions

• James Duckworth

Thank You to All Who Have Helped Us On Our Journey

A rose, the design we chose for our logo, represents God’s love at work in people’s lives. We see His love at work in ours in the wonderful network of helpers that have supported us on our journey. We are so grateful for all the support and encouragement we’ve had along the way to launch our homecare staffing services. We hope you see his love at work in your lives.

Wishing you all the best and endless success!

-Jamie, and the Access Elite Team