The people running California's vintage shops, estate sale services, and independent dealerships in their own words, from San Francisco to the Gold Country. Their sourcing secrets, their turning points, their love letters to the objects that made them.
Share Your StoryEvery vintage business has a story behind it, in the city and in the foothills. The estate sale company started because someone inherited a house and needed help. The vintage shop opened in the Haight because someone quit a job that wasn't working. Retropreneur is where those stories live.
The series is open, and deliberately empty. Retropreneur profiles are written from a real conversation with the person who built the business. We would rather show you nothing than show you something invented.
If you run a vintage shop, an estate sale company, a booth, or a dealership, anywhere from San Francisco to the Gold Country, put yourself forward below. We write it from your interview, you approve every word before it publishes, and it stays on this page permanently.
No cost, ever. Nobody pays to be in this.
California's vintage community is full of extraordinary people who built something out of nothing but knowledge, taste, and stubbornness. Retropreneur is where those stories live. Tell us about your business and we will be in touch.
We write the story from your interview. You approve it before it publishes. It is featured in the San Francisco Vintage newsletter and on this page permanently.