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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 […]
Jul 10, 2015 – Small Business Advising And Mentoring •
Join PCV for our Annual Fundraiser and Marketplace on June 6th!
Join PCV and LinkedIn CEO, Jeff Weiner, for our Annual Fundraiser & Marketplace of more than 40 local companies and 350 vibrant business and community leaders as we celebrate small businesses, the entrepreneurs who build them, and the jobs they create in lower-income communities. Tickets are selling fast. Be sure to register today!
Jul 10, 2015 – PCV News •
Is Your Business Compliant?
Retailers and businesses in eleven California zip code areas can expect to receive letters from the Board of Equalization (BOE) notifying them about vists from the Statewide Compliance and Outreach Program (SCOP). The SCOP was created to make the California tax system fair for all businesses by helping them understand what state tax and fee […]
Jul 10, 2015 – Small Business Advising And Mentoring • Small Business Loans • Small Business Resources •
Ben Thornley, Director of PCV InSight, on Impact Investing for Huffington Post
PCV’s own Ben Thornley, Director of PCV InSight, posted a new blog called “The Really Truly Transformative Potential of Impact Investing” for the Huffington Post this week. Read on below for Ben’s thoughts on the incredible potential of impact investing and follow Ben at www.twitter.com/ImpactInSight. “Money managers pay attention: Impact investing — investment for financial […]
Jul 10, 2015 – Impact Consulting • Impact Investing •
PCV Advisor Spotlight: Blair Cannon
Last August, PCV Advisor Blair Cannon swam 21 miles across the Catalina Channel in the middle of the night, without a wetsuit. He braved treacherous water, jellyfish stings, sea sickness and broken ribs with only two goals in mind: 1) to finish and 2) to raise money and awareness for the Monarch School in San […]
Jul 10, 2015 – Small Business Advising And Mentoring •
SF Small Business in Numbers
7×7 Magazine compiled these small business stats from the Office of Small Business at City Hall in their recent Money Issue. It really got me thinking about all of the opportunities I have on a day-to-day basis to support my local economy and how lucky I am to live in San Francisco, where it’s so […]
Jul 10, 2015 – Small Business Advising And Mentoring •
Impact Investor – Video Recap (Part 2)
As promised in part 1, here is the second installment of InSight’s video highlights from our launch event of The Impact Investor. The event marked the beginning of a two-year project to build data-driven and practitioner-guided knowledge for the rapidly growing field of impact investing, which we are undertaking along with our partners CASE at […]