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PCV 2012 Annual Event Highlights Video
Our 2012 Annual Marketplace & Fundraiser was an incredible event, and we’re so grateful to the entrepreneurs, advisors and PCV supporters who made it such a success. Check out this short video, which highlights the marketplace of awesome small businesses that we support and the luncheon program featuring Jeff Weiner, CEO of LinkedIn.
Jul 14, 2015 – PCV News •
Business Advice from the Fancy Food Show
For those who may not know, the Fancy Food Show is the largest specialty food and beverage event in North America. Attendees can discover almost 200,000 food and beverage products from 2,400 exhibitors from 80 countries and regions. Jane Applegate, President and CEO of the Applegate Group, says, “At the Fancy Foods Show, you see […]
Jul 14, 2015 – Small Business Advising And Mentoring • Small Business Resources •
5 Counterintuitive Habits of Successful Entrepreneurs
Some food for thought over the weekend: There’s something different about entrepreneurs whose startups take off and those whose just sputter along – beginning with how they begin. They think “small” rather than search for a “big idea” They use the start-up phase to take risks and experiment rather than be cautious They realize that […]
Jul 14, 2015 – Small Business Advising And Mentoring • Small Business Resources •
A Big Brazilian Step Forward for Impact Investing
Reflecting on the launch Wednesday of the Impact Investing Policy Collaborative, at the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) in Rio, we were struck by just how far impact investing has come — particularly because, at first glance, the notion that private capital might be harnessed to create intentional, targeted social and environmental impacts is relatively threatening […]
Jul 14, 2015 – Impact Consulting • Impact Investing •
PCV Launches Impact Investing Policy Collaborative in Brazil
Today Beth Sirull, Ben Thornley, and Sarah Ritter of PCV and the Initiative for Responsible Investment launched the Impact Investing Policy Collaborative (IIPC) at the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Why Brazil? Well, this week PCV is playing host to a convening of researchers and policy makers from around the world for […]
Jul 14, 2015 – Impact Consulting • Impact Investing •
Parties That Cook recounts the 2012 PCV Marketplace and share an awesome recipe
So excited to find this blog post by Parties That Cook about their participation in our Annual Marketplace & Fundraiser on June 6th! We loved having PTC at the event, and are also so excited that they shared their recipe for the salmon tartare that they were serving. Read on for their take on the […]
Jul 14, 2015 – Small Business Advising And Mentoring •
SBA Makes Run at Early-Stage VC
Nearly eight years after pulling the plug on its first effort to increase access to early-stage venture capital, the U.S. Small Business Administration has jumped back in the game, saying it has learned from its past mistakes. The new program allocates $1 billion over the next five years and is modeled on the successful Small […]
Jul 14, 2015 – Small Business Loans •
Impact Investing + Policy = Collaboration Needed
Ben Thornley, PCV’s Director of InSight, just wrote a fascinating article about Impact Investing and Public Policy for the Huffington Post. Read the full article below. “Utter the word “policy” in a crowd of impact investing types and watch the eyes roll. It’s understandable. The culture of impact investing is strongly influenced by the relentless […]
Jul 14, 2015 – Impact Consulting • Impact Investing •
California is 3rd Most Entrepreneurial State
With a startup rate of 440 per 100,000 adults, California is the third most entrepreneurial state according to CNNMoney. Despite California’s lingering budget woes, high unemployment and burdensome taxes and regulations, it seems as if the entrepreneurial spirit is very much alive here, only beaten out by Arizona and Texas. CNN writes, “The Golden State […]
Jul 14, 2015 – Small Business Advising And Mentoring •
Ending SF’s Payroll Tax: The Winners and Losers
Eileen Hassi, owner of Ritual Coffee Roasters (who just showcased in PCV’s Annual Marketplace on June 6th), was shocked when she received a bill for almost $4,000 in payroll taxes for 2006, her first full year in business. At the time, she had only $11,000 in her bank account and couldn’t pay the tax on […]
Jul 14, 2015 – Small Business Advising And Mentoring • Small Business Loans • Small Business Resources •
PCV-Advised Company All-Safe Pools Wins SBA Award
Reed Hauge and All-Safe Pool Safety Products received the Jeffrey Butland Family-Owned Business of the Year Award from the Small Business Administration. Hauge, co-owner and Chief Operating Officer of the firm, was nominated for the award by Chuck Sinks, Regional Director of Business Advising for Pacific Community Ventures, in recognition of his leadership of the […]
Jul 14, 2015 – Small Business Advising And Mentoring • Small Business Clients And Success Stories •
What is a Small Business? Let’s Get it Straight
Among the many issues being discussed at the Clinton Global Initiative America conference in Chicago is how we can greater serve small businesses. This is fantastic! But if we don’t properly define what a small business is, then we may be tracking our progress inaccurately. Yesterday morning President Clinton spoke before members of various non-profit, […]