Dale D. Achabal

Gottschalks, Inc. is a regional department and specialty store chain based in Fresno, California. Its department stores offer a wide range of better to moderate brand-name and private-label merchandise, including men's, women's, juniors and children's apparel; cosmetics, shoes, fine jewelry and accessories; and home furnishings including China, housewares, domestics, small electric appliances and furniture and mattresses. The company was founded by Emil Gottschalk in 1904 and is headquartered in Fresno, CA.

RivalWatch is the leading provider of online competitive pricing and assortment information, used by top-performing retailers and consumer product manufacturers to improve business performance. Founded in 1999, RivalWatch provides accurate and timely online competitive pricing and assortment information to more than 60 leading Internet retailers and consumer product manufacturers. Customers use RivalWatch information to achieve financial and strategic business objectives, including increased revenues, profitability, and market share.

Spotlight Solutions, Inc. provides pricing and revenue optimization software solutions. Its software applications apply mathematical algorithms to sales, inventory and other operating data to recommend specific courses of action. Its clients include ShopKo, Liz Claiborne, Meijer, and Ames. Spotlight Solutions was co-founded by Jim Kelly Jr. & Jim Harold in March 1999 and is headquartered in Mason, OH.

The Angels' Forum Management Co LLC (The Angels' Forum) is a venture capital firm founded in 1997 by Carol Sands, Craig Sirnio and Alejandro Estrada. The firm is headquartered in Mountain View, California.

Strouds, Inc. is a specialty retailer of better quality bed, bath, tabletop, other home textiles products, decorative accessories, window treatments, furniture, area rugs and other selected home furnishings. It introduces Internet business. The company operated nearly 68 stores in five states under the name Strouds. The company was founded in July 1979 and is headquartered in City of Industry, CA.

Goodwill of Silicon Valley helps community's unemployed. Founded in Santa Clara County in 1926, GWSV is part of Goodwill Industries International. They provide workforce creation, vocational training and environmental stewardship