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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 […]
Jul 21, 2015 – Impact Investing •
Support And Celebrate Job Creation At PCV’s Annual Luncheon
Forget about takeout salads and sandwiches. Get ready for an empowering luncheon on creating quality jobs for the people who need them most. On Monday, May 4 John C. Williams — President of the San Francisco Federal Reserve — will join Pacific Community Ventures to celebrate job creation, small business, and investing for social impact at our […]
Jul 21, 2015 – PCV News •
What The 2015 Independent Business Survey Means To You
The 2015 Independent Business Survey from Advocates for Independent Business just came out. It’s the 8th year of the survey, and the findings are important for all of us working to foster small businesses and local economies to digest. It takes the pulse of America’s small and independent businesses, their triumphs, and what they see […]
Jul 21, 2015 – Small Business Advising And Mentoring • Small Business Loans • Small Business Resources •
PCV In The San Francisco Chronicle
New in the San Francisco Chronicle! Thousands of small business owners are ready to create new jobs and prosperity for the communities that were hardest hit by the recession. But they need investment and expertise. Hear how Pacific Community Ventures is helping them — and how your small business can be a part.
Jul 21, 2015 – PCV News •
Announcing The Small Business Finance Collaborative
Opportunity Finance Network (OFN) and Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses announced today that Pacific Community Ventures was selected as one of 24 mission-driven small business lenders to participate in the Small Business Finance Collaborative. This unique and intensive technical assistance program is designed to increase small business capacity in lending in underserved communities in the […]
Jul 21, 2015 – PCV News • Small Business Loans •
Impact Measurement in Practice
By Tom Woelfel, Pacific Community Ventures Rigorous impact measurement – while widely recognized as critical to the growth of impact investing and core to its definition – is still relatively new and less prevalent than one might imagine. While impact measurement standards and systems like IRIS and GIIRS have emerged to support the efforts of […]
Jul 21, 2015 – Impact Consulting • Impact Investing •
PCV Has Won The 2015 James Irvine Leadership Award
Congratulations, Beth and Bill! We’re excited to announce that PCV’s President, Beth Sirull, and Board Chair, Bill Pace, have been awarded the 2015 James Irvine Foundation California Leadership Award. Through this award, the Irvine Foundation recognizes innovative leaders advancing breakthrough solutions to critical issues facing California. For Beth and Bell, that issue is lack of […]