Managing and growing your own startup takes a lot of blood, sweat, tears, and–above all–sacrifice: managing sales, planning business decisions, and doing your own marketing can take a lot out of a small team, let alone a single person. This is especially true in a competitive market hotspot like the Bay Area, where commercial rent regularly hits record highs and plenty of major industries (i.e., tech) are already saturated by corporate giants. So, what’s a business owner in the Bay Area to do?

The team at iStudios Media wants to take a moment to appreciate some of the hardworking small businesses and startups that help keep the Bay Area economy afloat. These businesses, many of which are our very own clients, put in the work every day to stand out and grow in a competitive industrial landscape.

Global Star Design, Inc. is one of the Bay Area’s most widespread production and design companies. From its headquarters in Pleasant Hill, the company has been working since 2004 to design and distribute custom merchandise all across California. From garden gnomes and home decor to custom brand merch, Global Star Design really has seen it all!

iStudios Media is proud to work with Walnut Creek’s own Brains Electric and Automation, the Bay Area’s finest team of electricians and home automation specialists. Although the organization got its start as a small team of electricians, Brains Automation quickly grew into one of the Bay Area’s most trusted partners for traditional electrician work and home automation setups.

The company’s founder, Edgar Alonso, began the company himself when he was just 18 years old. What started out as a solo start-up venture steadily grew into one of the most reliable private electrician companies in the Bay Area, with professionals on stand-by to service anywhere from Walnut Creek to Solano County.

iStudios Media is a full-service digital marketing agency serving Bay Area businesses of all shapes and sizes. The team specializes in every stage of the marketing funnel, including photo/video production, social media management, PPC campaigns, and even scheduled blog posts (much like the one you’re reading now, in fact!). It’s because we came from such humble beginnings that our team is so dedicated to supporting small businesses in the Bay Area.

In 2015, iStudios Media got its start in Arizona as a solo photography and video production venture. Getting our feet off the ground wasn’t easy; as our operations began to expand, we steadily grew to attract a variety of clients, starting with small local businesses in the medical sector and eventually expanding into partnerships with Fortune 500 companies. The support and trust of our clients gave us the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to open a new location in the Bay Area in 2021, where we’ve continued to grow and serve Bay Area communities ever since.

As our team has learned from personal experience, it takes more than just hard work and elbow grease to grow a small business; it involves finding the right opportunity at the right time, as well as having a supportive group of clients and customers who are truly invested in your success as a business. This is why our team at iStudios Media is dedicated to continuing their support for small businesses in the Bay Area and beyond, offering free consultations for small businesses to help them grow to the next level.