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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, […]
Jul 14, 2015 – Small Business Advising And Mentoring •
Health Impact Bonds to Replace Health Care Services?
In their report entitled “Impact Investing in Sources of Health,” Maria Hernandez and S. Len Syme, researchers at UC Berkeley and Rick Brush from Collective Health, LLC, explore the possibility of using an impact investing vehicle, namely Health Impact Bonds, to improve health outcomes in a cost-effective and sustainable way. Over the past couple of […]
Jul 14, 2015 – Impact Investing • Small Business Resources •
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Jul 14, 2015 – PCV News •
PCV 2012 Annual Event in just 2 days!
With our 2012 Annual Fundraiser & Marketplace coming up so quickly, we want to make sure that everyone knows the details for the day of June 6th. PCV 2012 Annual Fundraiser & Marketplace UCSF Mission Bay Conference Center – 1675 Ownens Street San Francisco, CA 94158 (MAP) Wednesday, June 6th – 11:30am to 1:30pm Marketplace […]
Jul 14, 2015 – PCV News •
Jeff Weiner at PCV’s 2012 Annual Fundraiser & Marketplace
We’re so excited to have Jeff Weiner, CEO of LinkedIn, as our keynote speaker for our 2012 Annual Fundraiser and Marketplace, and hope that you are too! Jeff has been keeping himself very busy in California’s tech and investment scenes for about 20 years now, and we think his insights will be invaluable. Early in […]
Jul 14, 2015 – PCV News •
PCV 2012 Annual Event Commerial
If you haven’t had the chance to purchase your tickets yet, get them today. They’re almost sold out – secure your spot today!
Jul 14, 2015 – PCV News •
Ben Thornley’s Huffington Post Blog – Tom Steyer: Impact Investing Icon
Ben Thornley, Director of PCV InSight, posted a new blog to the Huffington Post focusing on Tom Steyer of Farallon Capital. Read on for Ben’s take on Tom Steyer and his significance within the field of Impact Investing in his blog titled, “Tom Steyer: Impact Investing Icon” and follow Ben at www.twitter.com/ImpactInSight. Before the current […]
Jul 14, 2015 – Impact Consulting • Impact Investing •
Alumni Spotlight: Ben Thornley
Ben Thornley, Director of InSight at PCV, was highlighted by UC Berkeley’s Center for Nonprofit and Public Leadership for his work as the Board President of Centerforce, a nonprofit supporting families and communities impacted by incarceration. Learn more about Ben. The full article: “My path to becoming a nonprofit board leader: I serve as Board […]
Jul 14, 2015 – PCV News •
Bank of America Small Business Owner Survey: How San Francisco Ranks
Bank of America recently released its inaugural Small Business Owner Report, a semi-annual study exploring the concerns, aspirations and perspectives of small business owners across the country. The survey, which includes an oversampling of small business owners across the San Francisco market, uncovered that 52% of San Francisco small business owners surveyed are confident their local […]
Jul 14, 2015 – PCV News • Small Business Advising And Mentoring •
A Special Announcement About Our GLE Project
Thanks to everyone who has supported the pilot of a Global Learning Exchange in 2014. This bold experiment has exceeded the expectations for what a multi-stakeholder exchange could contribute to the growth of the impact investing market when it was launched at the Social Impact Investment Forum in 2013. Unless core funding is secured for another stage […]
Jul 12, 2015 – Impact Consulting • Impact Investing • PCV News •
Motivate Your Employees to Create Passionate Brand Ambassadors
Employee happiness is becoming a hot topic among CEOs and in boardrooms, and it’s about time. Happy, engaged employees are more productive and generate better outcomes for their companies. Companies today must accomplish more with fewer people, so the question of employee happiness is becoming more and more relevant. However, all of this emphasis on […]