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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 […]
Sep 17, 2015 – Impact Consulting • Impact Investing •
New IRS Guidance on Mission-Related Investments
Joint statement from Diane Yentel, Vice President for Public Policy & Government Affairs, Enterprise Community Partners, and Mary Jo Cook, President and C.E.O., Pacific Community Ventures On Tuesday the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued new guidance for tax-exempt foundations on “mission-related investments” (MRIs) which seek a risk-adjusted financial return alongside social or environmental goals that are […]
Sep 17, 2015 – Impact Consulting • Impact Investing •
Today in Small Business: U.S. Treasury Announces $160M in CDFI Fund Awards
Pacific Community Ventures would like to congratulate all of the CDFIs that have been selected as awardees for the U.S. Treasury’s CDFI Fund. As community partners, funding such as this is essential to increase your investments and impact across our nation’s low-income and economically distressed communities. Congratulations! In celebration of today’s award announcements we’d like to […]
Sep 10, 2015 – PCV News •
How Food Businesses Can Improve Their Margins
BusinessAdvising.org was joined by culinary business consultant Heather McCarthy for a webinar on strategies and practices to improve your food business’ profits and margins In this free webinar, Heather covered: Where does the money go? Understanding cost of goods sold (COGS) and other high-impact margin influencers. How do I know where to make changes? Setting benchmarks and evaluating […]
Sep 08, 2015 – Small Business Resources • Webinars •
What’s New In Impact Investing? August 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 […]
Aug 25, 2015 – Impact Investing •
Free Webinar On September 25 — Finding New Customers to Increase Sales
Join us on Friday, September 25 for a free small business webinar on strategies and practices to define, find, and engage with your core customers. BusinessAdvising.org will host brand storyteller Deb Doyle. In this free webinar, we’ll cover sales and marketing related to: Defining Your Core Customer Finding Your Core Customer Engaging Your Core Customer Click here to […]
Aug 25, 2015 – Small Business Advising And Mentoring •
Understanding Capital For Your Small Business
Starting a small business is hard enough, but seeking capital can open a whole new set of challenges even for the most seasoned entrepreneur. If you’ve already utilized your own funds and maxed out personal credit cards, you’re not alone. We hear that from a lot of the small business owners we work with. However, […]