![]() ![]() “The rest of our day we spent delivering the cookies I made the night before around town, with 3 kids and dozens of cookies all piled onto a stroller - we were quite the sight. So, I started baking at 8-9 at night, and would finish up around 2 a.m., then try to get some rest, although my youngest was still a baby and would wake up frequently at night while the other two would be up early. “If only you knew what’s it’s like being the first person in the county to start a home based baking business in 2013 with 3 toddlers ages 4, 2 and 9 months at the time a husband that worked full-time to financially support you as you pursue your dream and technically not being allowed to use your teeny-tiny kitchen for production if any kids or pets were popping in and out, meaning all my work had to be done after they went to bed. I thought you were just a prissy little baker.’ Well, after holding back from punching him in the face, I stared at him in amazement for a just few seconds, and thought to myself… “But this person said to me, ‘Wow, a catcher, huh. He was impressed that my position was behind the plate, as catchers are usually really aggressive, and tough, and are willing to get down and dirty – and most of you who know me probably think I don’t exude those qualities. This person who I have known for years and who wants to own his own cafe someday made this comment after finding out that I was a catcher on my softball team both at Yreka High School and Siskiyous College. He lived in Morro Bay near downtown when they married and where they are raising their three children, Lucia, Avery and Isaiah.Įnjoy Carrie’s entrepreneurial journey: “I recently had an interesting comment said to me that has made me think about how people perceive me and what I do. Whatever was the secret ingredient in the Buttercup’s pastries, it provided inspiration and sustenance for actors in three of the nation’s key economic transformations of the 1980s.Buttercup Bakery & Cafe owner/baker Carrie Raya baking a tasty treat at the shop located in Morro Bay.Ĭarrie is a graduate of Cal Poly where she met her husband, Rich, when they worked at the University Union. ![]() PCR facilitated the rapid replication of a single strand of DNA, and in recognition of the significance of his work in this area, Mullis was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1993. ![]() Later, he took a job in Berkeley at Cetus-one of the early biotechnology startup firms-where he and his team developed PCR (polymerase chain reaction). in biochemistry, worked as a manager at the Buttercup in the mid-70s. The Buttercup is also linked to the rise of the biotechnology industry. No wonder that Orman occasionally had to supply them with free coffee. When they tried to sell these in the Stanford dorms, they were politely told to desist. In 1972, Jobs and Wozniak produced a blue box that allowed users to make long distance calls for free. Orman, however, started her career as a waitress at the Buttercup in 1973, where she learned how to listen with compassion.īack then, Orman sometimes served Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak-the founders of Apple-who would stop at the Buttercup on trips up from Palo Alto. The personal finance industry took off in the 1980s, and Suze Orman-a financial guru and popular television personality-has personified that industry. While well-loved for its breakfasts and baked goods, the Buttercup Bakery, founded by Michael and and Richards Haley, should also be remembered for four people who exemplify Berkeley’s role in the strange and sudden transition from the anti-establishment counterculture of the 1970s to mainstream business successes. ![]()
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