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Meet Our Latest Borrower: Lemon Poppy Kitchen
Lemon Poppy Kitchen is the culinary love child of Katie Kildow, Anca Caliman, and Jack Wilson. Based in the NELA neighborhood in Los Angeles, Lemon Poppy Kitchen introduced the area to plachinta (stuffed Romanian flatbread) using organic jams prepared and served in a converted Mexican bakeshop. With help from family and friends — and lots of elbow […]
Jul 21, 2015 – Small Business Clients And Success Stories • Small Business Loans •
Free Webinar—Debt or Equity: What’s Right for My Business?
Update: Thanks to Sherry Bijan for hosting a fantastic webinar! If you weren’t able to attend in person, you can watch the recap here: Debt or Equity: What’s Right For My Small Business? from PacificCommunityVentures on Vimeo. Join BusinessAdvising.org and Sherry Bijan — a seasoned veteran of the securities industry — for a […]
Jul 21, 2015 – Small Business Advising And Mentoring • Small Business Resources • Webinars •
A New Matching Loan Program Open To Our Entrepreneurs
Our partner Kiva Zip is teaming up with LISC to provide more loans and expand financial opportunities to the small businesses in our network! This partnership means that small business borrowers endorsed by PCV will only have to raise half of the total loan amount from the crowd on the Kiva Zip website. LISC will […]
Jul 21, 2015 – Small Business Loans • Small Business Resources •
The Small Business Administration Is Examining Equity-Based Crowdfunding
Many small businesses, including several in PCV’s network, are utilizing crowdfunding as an alternative form of funding. Recently, our company Kuli Kuli ran a successful campaign on Kiva Zip, while another of our companies, Core Foods, is running a Kickstarter. But one method of crowdfunding remains untapped in the United States: equity-based crowdfunding. The U.S. […]
Jul 21, 2015 – Small Business Loans • Small Business Resources •
Good Local Money For Bay Area Small Businesses
The Sustainable Business Alliance, in partnership with the East Bay Express, has produced a new guide on “Good Local Money for Your Good Local Business”. This guide has all you need to find out what kind of money (loan? investment? crowdfunding?) you can get for your local business. It also includes lots of great information, […]
Jul 21, 2015 – Small Business Loans • Small Business Resources •
San Francisco Small Business Week 2015 Wants To Interview You!
SF Small Business Week wants to hear from successful, innovative business owners like you who can share insights and stories about what it takes to flourish in today’s marketplace. Their planning to publish interviews and stories from entrepreneurs around the city on their blog, to publicize across social media campaigns, YouTube, and other events during […]
Jul 21, 2015 – PCV News • Small Business Resources •
Free Webinar: How Healthy Is Your Small Business?
Update If you missed this webinar live, you can watch the recording here: Webinar: How Healthy Is Your Small Business? from PacificCommunityVentures on Vimeo. Join us on Friday, April 17 for a free webinar on how to measure the financial health of your company. BusinessAdvising.org will host George de Bruin, an executive with […]
Jul 21, 2015 – Small Business Advising And Mentoring • Small Business Resources • Webinars •
What’s New In Impact Investing? March Roundup
Impact investing is about a very simple, progressive 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 […]
Jul 21, 2015 – Impact Investing •
Meet John Williams
We’re incredibly excited to have Dr. John C. Williams — President of the San Francisco Federal Reserve — keynote our annual luncheon this year. John Williams serves as president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, where he works to advance the FED’s mission of “conducting the nation’s monetary policy by influencing […]
Jul 21, 2015 – PCV News •
Free Webinar: How To Build And Sell With A Multi-Channel Brand
Update: Did you miss this free webinar? Not to worry! You can watch the replay here. Join us on Friday, March 27 for a free webinar on how to build and sell with a multi-channel brand. BusinessAdvising.org will host Mark Chmiel, a Senior Marketing Executive whose experience includes Baja Fresh, Burger King, Dr Pepper/7Up, got […]
Jul 21, 2015 – Small Business Advising And Mentoring • Small Business Resources • Webinars •
Meet Our Latest Borrowers
Pacific Community Ventures provides affordable small business loans to California businesses that are creating quality jobs in underserved communities. Meet our latest borrowers! The Pilates Workshop Erika Groff is the sole proprietor of The Pilates Workshop — a company that offers classes in the classical Pilates method of Peter Fiasca, a well-known leader in the field. […]
Jul 21, 2015 – Small Business Clients And Success Stories • Small Business Loans •
What’s New In Impact Investing? February Roundup
Impact investing is about a very simple, progressive 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 […]