Seminar Success

The lights at Bank of America (6 Leland Avenue) were left on later than usual on the night of Wednesday, June 30th as small business owners shuffled in for an evening seminar organized by VVBOOM and lead by two of the best in the business who donated their evening to lead an exceedingly poignant seminar for commercial lease holders in a rapidly developing corner of San Francisco. VVBOOM was lucky enough to partner with Chris Brophy, a San Francisco attorney who specializes in real estate and commercial property leasing as well as Lawrence Liu, a bi-lingual small business consultant from the San Francisco Small Business Development Center to lead a Commercial Leasing Basics Workshop to a room of 13 Leland Avenue small business owners. Brophy and Liu covered all the basics from zoning laws to leasing issues to options to renew. Their presentation drew so many questions from engaged merchants, they had to cut it short despite running almost 45 minutes over the allotted time. When the gracious hosts at Bank of America finally had to close their doors for the night Brophy and Liu continued to take questions in the parking lot on the way to their cars. To call the seminar a success would be somewhat of an understatement, as the topic struck a chord with Leland Avenue small business owners. With a strong partnership in place and participating merchants now registered as clients with the San Francisco Small Business Development Center, chances are we haven’t seen the last of Liu and Brophy which is definitely a good thing.