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Client Update: Triple BK Landscaping
Triple BK is a family-run San Francisco landscaping company that has mastered the city’s micro-climates and the plants that perform best within them. They’ve been a loan fund client of ours for a couple of years, and we checked in with their advisor David Taylor about how the company is growing. [custom_headline type=”left” level=”h3″ looks_like=”h4″]Triple […]
Nov 20, 2015 – Small Business Clients And Success Stories • Small Business Loans •
Meet Our Latest Borrower: Red Bay Coffee
Red Bay Coffee is a specialty roasting company based in the Fruitvale district of Oakland, California. Keba Konte launched the company in 2013 after success launching two unique cafes in the San Francisco Bay Area. Keba co-founded Guerilla Café in Berkeley, CA in 2006 and transformed the café into a community gathering place known for […]
Nov 02, 2015 – Small Business Clients And Success Stories • Small Business Loans •
Small Business Saturday 2015 Is Fast Approaching
Now in its sixth year, Small Business Saturday serves as the ceremonial kickoff to the holiday shopping season for small businesses across the United States. Each year, shoppers spend tens of billions at small businesses on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. The day was also championed by elected officials in all 50 states and Washington D.C., including President […]
Oct 29, 2015 – PCV News • Small Business Advising And Mentoring • Small Business Loans • Small Business Resources •
What’s New In Impact Investing? October Roundup
Impact investing is about using markets and money for social good. Impact investing is built on the belief that financial tools and 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 […]
Oct 29, 2015 – Impact Consulting • Impact Investing •
PCV Has Signed The Small Business Borrowers’ Bill Of Rights
Like many of our CDFI colleagues, Pacific Community Ventures is alarmed at the rise of predatory small business lending. Small business owners are struggling through many of the problems we saw in the subprime mortgage and payday lending crises. But there’s a critical difference—predatory small business lending is still young enough that we can slow […]
Oct 29, 2015 – PCV News • Small Business Loans •
PCV’s Loan Fund Is Meeting Its Mission
We started our small business loan fund to meet the needs of small businesses that wanted to grow and create new jobs for working people. But for one reason or another, these small businesses were unable to secure capital from a traditional bank, credit union, or the Small Business Administration (SBA). PCV uses the venture […]
Oct 27, 2015 – PCV News • Small Business Clients And Success Stories • Small Business Loans •
Department of Labor Issues New Guidance on Economically Targeted Investments by Pension Funds
Joint statement from Enterprise Community Partners and Pacific Community Ventures, Co-Sponsors of the Accelerating Impact Investing Initiative (AI3) Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued new guidance on “economically targeted investments” (ETIs) for pension funds. ETIs are a type of impact investment that seeks certain social goals alongside a market-rate financial return. The […]
Oct 23, 2015 – Impact Consulting • Impact Investing • PCV News •
What’s New In Impact Investing? September Roundup
Impact investing is about a very simple idea: markets and money for good. Impact investing is built on the belief that financial tools 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 […]
Sep 30, 2015 – Impact Consulting • Impact Investing •
SOCAP15 Preview: Six Must-See Sessions
Social entrepreneurs, fund managers, nonprofits, foundation staff, and more will converge in San Francisco next week for SOCAP — one of the leading impact investing conferences in the country. With four days of networking, panels, and other events, SOCAP is an excellent opportunity to learn about the intersection of money and social good and to […]
Sep 28, 2015 – Impact Consulting • Impact Investing • PCV News •
Finding New Customers to Increase Sales
BusinessAdvising.org hosted brand storyteller Deb Doyle for a free small business webinar on strategies and practices to define, find, and engage with your core customers. In this free webinar, Deb covered sales and marketing related to: Defining Your Core Customer Finding Your Core Customer Engaging Your Core Customer [custom_headline type=”left, center, right” level=”h2″ looks_like=”h3″ accent=”true”] Watch The Replay [/custom_headline] […]
Sep 25, 2015 – Small Business Resources • Webinars •
Four Key Best Practices for Social Impact Measurement
Is your organization considering measuring the impact of its investments, but not sure where to start? Through our work developing, designing, and conducting impact measurement and reporting for foundations, CDFIs, funds, social enterprises, and others, PCV InSight has identified some key practices that contribute to a rigorous yet practical approach to impact measurement. [custom_headline type=”left” […]
Sep 24, 2015 – Impact Consulting • Impact Investing •
New IRS Guidance on Mission-Related Investments Is a Step in the Right Direction
By John Griffith (Enterprise Community Partners) and Tom Woelfel (PCV InSight) This week the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued new guidance to tax-exempt foundations on “mission-related investments” (MRIs), which seek a risk-adjusted financial return alongside social or environmental goals that are consistent with the foundation’s charitable purpose. MRIs are a growing source of impact investments […]