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Member Dawn Kamber interviews Mission Viejo Chamber Women in Business Resilience Award winner Gloves For Grief Co-Founder Terra Picket.

We continue to celebrate and showcase our Bronze level members. Please enjoy this brief video from Smart Cups, Chris Kanik, Founder and CEO.Smart Cups is a sustainability-driven technology company with a mission to provide a mindful path forward for the beverage industry and beyond. Having created the world’s first printed beverage, an energy drink, Smart Cups eliminates the need to bottle and ship liquids, which, in turn, significantly reduces our carbon footprint.​For more inf [...]

Over the next few months, we will be celebrating and showcasing our Bronze level members. Please enjoy this brief video from iFinance Mortgage, John Rodriguez, Sr. Loan Specialist.For all your real estate and mortgage related questions, please contact John Rodriguez at 949-456-7056.​ #wsite-video-container-293278264813061462{ background: url(//www.weebly.com/uploads/b/115365123-933555701595516099/mv_chamber_bronze_member_spotlight_john_rod [...]

​Arpad Petrass is the owner of OC Real Estate Visuals. He specializes in real estate photography and was selected as the #1 real estate photographer in Orange County by Peer Space. We are happy to welcome Arpad to the Mission Viejo Chamber of Commerce and please enjoy this brief intro business video.Please enjoy Arpad's brief video below and subscribe to the Mission Viejo Chamber of Commerce YouTube channel for more member videos. [...]

Hackers are out of control, and we're all paying the price. Cyber Def's mission is to educate the general public how to keep their children, families, and businesses safe against the onslaught of internet predators, scammers, identity thieves, and hackers.Please join us in welcoming new Chamber member, John Young, Founder of Cyber Def and enjoy this brief intro video submitted by Chamber ambassador, Peter Frankudakis, founder of Easy Fleet GPS. #wsite-v [...]

The Mission Viejo Chamber of Commerce extends a special welcome to new member The Braille Institute. The Braille Institute provides free services to low-and-no-vision individuals.Please enjoy this brief video featuring Lauren Becker, Regional Director of The Braille Institute, submitted by Chamber Ambassador, Melanie Smith (Spirit League).For more information, please visit https://brailleinstitute.org/lagunahills. #wsite-video-container-6443487632211407 [...]

It was the perfect way to end a lazy summer day on August 13th. Pack a picnic, grab a lawn chair or blanket and gather the family for an evening of free music and outdoor summer fun! Enjoy a potpourri of popular classics, pop tunes and a sing-along of patriotic favorites. And kids have the chance to learn how to conduct with Maestro St.Clair and later help lead the orchestra during the concert.This performance was supported in large part by the City of Mission Viejo. The MV Chamber of Commerce a [...]

The following helpful article was submitted by Jeff Zaret, owner and operator of PayProTec West Coast. PayProTec West Coast is also a Silver Tier Chamber Member.Many business owners assume that if they have an e-commerce site, they must use either PayPal or Stripe to process their credit card payments. After all, that seems to be what everyone else does. So these two options must be the only viable choices, right? Wrong!In fact, when you compare what you get with PayPal or Stripe [...]