When Build RX founder Anastasia Wegbreit graduated from college, the country was in dire straits. 2008 thrust the United States into the worst economic recession since the Great Depression.

The economic crisis saw recent grads moving back in with their parents, deferring their student loans, and waiting tables or bagging groceries to make ends meet.

For Anastasia, moving home meant moving from San Diego back to the Bay Area, where she was sure her technical know-how, along with a background in marketing and PR, would serve her well.