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My sincere apologies for leaving you all with a quiet blog for the last week or so. I was out for the holidays (Colorado! A white Christmas!) – and have been digging out of my inbox ever since. But now I’m back. And so is the blog. And together, we’re going to be better than […]
Jul 10, 2015 – Small Business Advising And Mentoring •
A Happy San Francisco New Year, Indeed!
On January 1st, 2012, San Francisco is set to become the first city in US history to set minimum wage over $10/hr. As if I needed another reason to love this city so much! Here’s more from The San Francisco Chronicle: Thanks to a 60% voter approval rate, SF passed Proposition L in 2003. This […]
Jul 10, 2015 – Small Business Advising And Mentoring • Small Business Loans •
PCV Company Spotlight – All Safe Pools
A note from the field, courtesy of Chuck Sinks, Regional Director of Business Advising in San Diego – Despite the economic downturn, All-Safe Pools has remained an extremely successful Southern California family-owned small business. All-Safe’s sales have gradually increased over the last three three, regardless of the contracting business environment. From 2008 to 2009, commercial […]
Jul 10, 2015 – Small Business Advising And Mentoring •
Advisor Guest Post: 6 Tips On How To Get More From Freelancers
The first in our series of Advisor Guest Posts – this one comes from PCV Volunteer Advisor, James Hipkin: Hiring freelance talent is something businesses do to absorb ebbs and flows in activity or to fill talent gaps that are essential but not required every day. For example, hiring a creative consultant can bring the […]
Jul 10, 2015 – Small Business Advising And Mentoring •
PCV on Forbes’ Impact 30 List of Top Social Entrepreneurs!
Really BIG honor for me yesterday – I can hardly believe it. I, along with PCV, was named to Forbes’ Impact 30, the magazine’s list of 30 top social entrepreneurs. Not only does this award recognize the great work that PCV does—and, okay, let’s be real, it will help us raise more funds to do […]
Jul 10, 2015 – PCV News •
A Case For Small Business Saturday
Did you do it? Did you shop in your local small businesses last Saturday in support of Small Business Saturday? I did. And Mr. Barack Obama sure did. And so did some 89 million more of you nationwide, who happily sandwiched another token day in between Black Friday (which, according to the National Retail Federation, […]
Jul 10, 2015 – Small Business Advising And Mentoring •
Why Nonprofits Increasingly Compete With Google For Talent
I listened in on this webinar hosted by HP and the Taproot Foundation today over lunch. The conversation was between Aaron Hurst, President & Founder of the Taproot Foundation and Matthew Bishop, the US Business Editor and New York Bureau Chief of The Economist and it was structured into three parts: the ripple effect of […]
Jul 10, 2015 – PCV News •
5 Reasons Small Businesses Shouldn’t Dump Health Care Benefits
Here’s an interesting article that relates quite well to the research our Insight Team has been working on: Forbes article by Rob Lynch, Contributor That true harbinger of winter is here: open enrollment. As the seasons change, employees will be spending a little extra time in the HR department picking out a health plan for […]
Jul 10, 2015 – Good Jobs • Impact Consulting • Small Business Advising And Mentoring •
Reddit’s Free Advertising For Small Businesses
If you haven’t checked out Reddit, you’d be hip to do so. This up-and-coming site has quickly transformed from a humble news aggregator to home-base for one of the most loyal online communities on the world wide web. Reddit users (or Redditors as they are known) submit content that is then up voted or down […]
Jul 10, 2015 – Small Business Advising And Mentoring •
PCV Named Bay Area Nonprofit of the Year!
Pacific Community Ventures is thrilled to be named 2011 Bay Area Nonprofit of the Year by the Association for Corporate Growth! Join us at the Awards Luncheon – 2011 ANNUAL GROWTH AWARDS WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2011 – 11:30am-2:00pm at the City Club in San Francisco – click here to register ACG Growth Award: Recognizing Leadership, […]
Jul 10, 2015 – PCV News •
RNX International – Survive to Thrive
This PCV success-story-in-the-making comes to us this morning from our Regional Director of Business Advising in San Diego, Chuck Sinks – RNX designs and installs high-technology in-home digital electronic systems. RNX integrated systems manage audio, video, home management (air conditioning, window coverings, sprinkler systems, etc) and other in-home systems – with the touch of wireless […]
Jul 10, 2015 – Small Business Advising And Mentoring • Small Business Resources •
Innovation Uncensored: Top 10 Steps to Success
I had the awesome opportunity to attend Fast Company’s Innovation Uncensored gathering in downtown San Francisco yesterday – and man, what a day! Besides hearing about the latest and greatest innovations from folks like David Cush (CEO, Virgin America) and John Donahoe (CEO Ebay), we heard inspiring stories about how groups like Livestrong, Water.org, Cinequest […]