What listening to Kitsap’s entrepreneurs, investors, lenders, and community leaders revealed about capital, and where we go from here.Imagine landing the biggest contract in your company's history and worrying it could put you out of business.That's the dilemma one Kitsap entrepreneur shared as part of Matchstick Lab's recent exploration of what the SBA calls "capital …
Locally rooted businesses — and the people willing to back them — help turn growth into community. By Jennifer Wilson, Founder and Executive Pastry Chef, Wilson Patisserie I have always believed a bakery should be more than a place to buy something sweet. At its best, it becomes part of a community’s rhythm: morning coffee, …
There is a phrase we hear a lot in business: Find a need and fill it.It sounds simple.Of course, anyone who has ever owned a business knows there is absolutely nothing simple about actually doing it.As I read through the stories in this month’s issue of Kitsap Business, something kept jumping out at me. Again …
The Foundation Underneath Kitsap's Entrepreneurial Future Runs Through Real Estate in Kitsap CountyKitsap County has always had an entrepreneurial streak. Family-owned shops along historic downtown streets, contractors and marine trades, restaurants, wellness studios, professional offices, home-based businesses small business is woven into the identity of these communities. And nearly all of it rests on the …
How Local Investment Networks are giving Washington communities another way to back the businesses they value. Thriving Communities Many of us have had the experience of buying a product from an inspired entrepreneur who shared just the right details to move us to purchase their wares. Or meeting a business owner so confident in their …
How John Kuntz spent four decades building Olympic Outdoor Center and helping shape Kitsap County’s outdoor recreation economy
By connecting commercial innovators with naval defense, Kitsap is demonstrating how regional innovation can strengthen both national security and economic growth. The future of defense is changing faster than ever. Artificial intelligence, autonomy, robotics, advanced manufacturing, and other emerging technologies are redefining how wars are fought and won. We need only look to current conflicts—including …
Every community tells a story.You can see parts of it in the obvious places. In the schools and neighborhoods. Along the waterfront. In the ferries moving back and forth across Puget Sound. In the shipyard, the military installations and the communities that have grown around them.But you can also see it in the businesses we …
A reflection on the values that shape Kitsap—and the future we’re building together. Last month, standing before a room of business, government, and community leaders from Bainbridge Island and across the Kitsap Peninsula, I asked a question: As we look to the future, what do we want Kitsap to be known for? While facilitating the …
