We are so excited to share today that we have a launched a new and improved www.BusinessAdvising.org! This site matches entrepreneurs with expert-level business advisors so that small businesses can grow and thrive, creating economic opportunities in low income communities across the country.
This newly launched website features a quick, user friendly sign-up process for entrepreneurs and volunteer business advisors alike, which then filters into a sophisticated algorithm that produces the right match based on business needs and advisor skills.
Business consulting for small business owners can be expensive and out of reach at about $150 per hour. Each match on BusinessAdvising.org is only $99 and satisfaction is guaranteed – if, for some reason, a match isn’t working, an entrepreneur will be re-matched with a new advisor free of charge.
Over the past 16 years, Pacific Community Ventures has been matching local brick-and-mortar businesses with volunteer business advisors in the San Francisco Bay Area, where the PCV offices are based. Over this time period, over 3,000 small businesses and 30,000 employees have been supported, the majority of whom live in low to moderate income neighborhoods. In 2013 alone, over $68 million in wages were paid to these employees who live in lower income communities. By harnessing the power of technology to connect people across geographies, PCV can now provide business support to entrepreneurs in cities that might not have these resources nearby.
Visit the new website today and join the movement!