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Meet Our Latest Borrower: Progeny Coffee
We first met Maria Palacio, a 5th generation Columbian coffee farmer, in December 2017 at the Winter Fancy Food Show in San Francisco. Maria founded and leads Progeny Coffee, LLC, a wholesale coffee company that works exclusively with Columbian coffee farmers. Columbia is synonymous with coffee, but because farmers there are using 100-year-old commercialization methods, […]
Oct 01, 2018 – Small Business Clients And Success Stories • Small Business Loans •
6 Tips for Securing Your Small Business Loan Application
It should come as no surprise that it can be difficult for small businesses to grow, hire, and take advantage of new opportunities without injecting some cash into what they’re doing. Whether that’s paying for staff, developing new products, marketing the business or innovating something, any of these can take money to complete. However, as […]
Sep 20, 2018 – Small Business Resources •
Everything You Need To Know About Opportunity Zones
At Pacific Community Ventures we look for systemic-change initiatives that empower small business owners, underinvested communities, and the larger ecosystems that serve them. Opportunity Zones are a new tool to empower more capital to flow to underserved communities across America. We’re optimistic about the promise of Opportunity Zones – while staying cognizant of the unintended […]
Sep 19, 2018 – Impact Consulting • Impact Investing •
Meet Our Latest Borrower: Paniagua Construction
Paniagua Construction is a construction company located in San Francisco, CA. Established almost 25 years ago, Eduardo Paniagua and Elena Asturias started the business to offer design, building, and project management services all-in-one to clients in San Francisco. They came to their business with a lot of experience: Eduardo immigrated from Panama, where he worked […]
Sep 12, 2018 – Small Business Clients And Success Stories • Small Business Loans •
Volunteerism Is At The Heart Of Our Work
Small business ownership has been a pathway to the middle class for generations and continues to be a crucial tool for building wealth and community self-determination. Building a successful small business involves overcoming many challenges, and it’s even harder if you’re new to the country or don’t have money from your family to help you […]
Sep 04, 2018 – Small Business Advising And Mentoring •
Small Business Owner Spotlight: Natasha Miller
Meet Natasha Miller, the owner of Entire Productions. Natasha approached the BusinessAdvising.org program because she needed help getting her financials in order, and for some guidance with HR-related challenges like preparing her employees for development and growth. We paired Natasha with Cindy Kaczmarek, an executive and leadership coach. Together they were able get Natasha’s books and future planning […]
Aug 31, 2018 – Small Business Clients And Success Stories •
Featured Advisor: Sherri Beasley
This week’s featured volunteer advisor is Sherri Beasley, Director of Strategic Planning and Business Development at Children’s Health in Tennessee. She’s been an allstar advisor with 3 partnerships since she joined the Pacific Community Ventures family back in July of 2015. We recently matched Sherri with Israel Sokeye, the owner of a mental health clinic […]
Aug 24, 2018 – Small Business Advising And Mentoring • Small Business Clients And Success Stories •
Advisor Spotlight: Jenna Cafiero
This week we’re pleased to feature our stellar advisor, Jenna Cafiero! Jenna is a Program Manager at Google and is advising Brian Wallace of Endorfin Foods, a small chocolate production company in Berkeley, California, focused on highlighting the beauty and taste of the cacao bean. Brian came to Pacific Community Ventures seeking advice on how […]
Aug 10, 2018 – Small Business Clients And Success Stories •
What We’ve Learned in 20 Years
We’re working against a hard, ingrained problem that’s existed since before we were founded – it’s the problem of building and shaping an economy that first and foremost creates good-quality jobs. In the introduction to PCV’s first social impact report from 1999, our founders Bud Colligan and Penelope Douglas wrote, “No one could ask for […]