Small Business Episodes
Nov. 3, 2025
San Francisco Mercantile: a unique retail chain. Talking with owner and founder Robert Emmons.
Crafting a profitable, unique business strategy for a retail chain sited in two globally famous neighborhoods - the Castro and Haight Ashbury.
Oct. 24, 2025
Walter Adams Framing and Capricorn Framing. A small business success story. Talking with owners Lloyd Haddad and Keith Wicker.
US Small business generated $40 trillion in annual revenues in 2024. San Francisco’s economy thrives because of small independent entrepreneurs. Two such businesses - Walter Adams Custom Framing and Capricorn Custom Framing are headed up by Lloyd Haddad and Keith Wicker who transitioned from large …