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Announcing The Impact Due Diligence Initiative
PCV is excited to announce the launch of the Impact Due Diligence Initiative. This project will identify best practices in impact due diligence, which we’ll build into a free, practical toolkit for investors across sectors – including foundations, faith-based organizations, CDFIs, equity fund managers, institutional investors, and others – seeking to assess the expected social impact of […]
Sep 19, 2017 – Impact Consulting • Impact Investing • PCV News •
We’ve Won A 2017 CDFI Fund Award
Great news! We’re excited to announce that Pacific Community Ventures has been awarded a 2017 CDFI Fund award, to support our programs delivering capital to small businesses across California that create good jobs for working people and build community wealth from the bottom up. In 2016, the small businesses in our lending program grew revenues by […]
Sep 19, 2017 – PCV News • Small Business Loans •
We’ve Been Awarded An Aspen Institute Quality Jobs Fellowship!
We’re thrilled to announce that Pacific Community Ventures and our President and CEO — Mary Jo Cook — were chosen as one of 15 fellows by the Aspen Institute Economic Opportunities Program to more deeply engage in work that expands the availability of better quality jobs in our economy. Americans place a high value on work, and […]
Sep 07, 2017 – Good Jobs • PCV News •
14 Winning Social Media Tips for Small Businesses
If you’re a small business, you can’t afford not to be on social media. A few years back, sure, maybe it wasn’t crucial, but in 2017, it’s an absolute necessity. It is downright expected that your business will have a social media presence, for everything from daily specials to hours of operation and customer reviews. […]
Sep 06, 2017 – Small Business Resources •
Small Business Resources Roundup
Each month, we bring you the latest roundup of resources for small business owners bootstrapping their businesses and creating quality jobs in their communities. Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter at @PCVtweets. Every Monday we post a new collection of new must-read small business resources, articles, and news. [block_grid type=”three-up”] [block_grid_item]How to create a killer website even if […]
Aug 31, 2017 – Small Business Advising And Mentoring • Small Business Resources •
Small Business Owner Spotlight: Julie Arvan
This week’s small business owner spotlight goes to the CMO (Chief Mother Office) of Nesting Days Newborn Carriers, Julie Arvan. Nesting Days is a baby carrier company with a social mission to N.E.S.T. – Nurture, Educate, Support, Transform. She wants change how we welcome babies into the world by making skin-to-skin baby wearing, comfortable, safe, easy […]
Aug 31, 2017 – Small Business Clients And Success Stories •
Small Business Owner Spotlight: Alexandra Destler
This week’s small business spotlight goes to Alexandra Destler, the owner and founder of SafetyNEST. Their social mission “is to become the ‘go-to’ trusted source for every pregnant woman and her health provider to safeguard a baby’s health against toxic chemical exposure.” Alexandra came to us in 2016 seeking help in re-positioning her business model. Since […]
Aug 31, 2017 – Small Business Clients And Success Stories •
Small Business Spotlight: Fancy Paws
Fancy Paws is a pet service provider located in Chicago, Illinois. Their services include dog walking, puppy visits, overnight stays, and feedings as well. Fancy Paws is a family-owned business that started in 2004. One of the owners, Chris came to Pacific Community Ventures last year looking for advice in creating a marketing and long-term business strategies. We paired […]
Aug 31, 2017 – Small Business Clients And Success Stories •
Small Business Owner Spotlight: Michael Thilgen
Meet Michael Thilgen, founder of Four Dimensions Landscaping Company. Four Dimensions’ goal is to bring people and nature together. They create well planned, carefully crafted, beautiful outdoor environments that enrich both human and natural life. As skilled designers, builders, and horticulturists, we provide landscape architecture, construction and horticultural maintenance to the San Francisco Bay Area […]
Aug 31, 2017 – Small Business Clients And Success Stories •
Small Business Owner Spotlight: Salene Castaneda
Meet Salene Castaneda, the superstar owner of Oakbrand and Salene Castaneda Creative Services. Oakbrand represents the culmination of over 20 years of creative services for small and commercial businesses, specializing in branding and business identity development, graphic design, custom logo design, digital mock-ups, prototypes, illustration, screen printing, and custom apparel and merchandise. Salene approached PCV’s […]
Aug 31, 2017 – Small Business Clients And Success Stories •
An Economy For Everyone: August Good Jobs Recap
In order to build wealth and create opportunities in and across America’s underserved communities, and reverse the troubling trends we’re seeing in our economy, we no longer find it defensible to focus on job creation alone. It’s clear that job creation does not itself equate to lasting economic change. And so, we must shift our […]
Aug 30, 2017 – Good Jobs •
What’s New In Impact Investing? August Roundup
Impact investing is about using markets and money for social good. Impact investing is built on the belief that private capital can play a powerful role in solving the massive global challenges of our day, and that capital markets should work for good as well as profit. This vision is realized through investments made into […]