PCV News
PCV’s Spring Mixer Recap
Thank you to everyone who joined us for our Spring PCV Mixer at Heath Ceramics in San Francisco’s Mission District. We were joined by some great advisors, companies and PCV partners, and we hope everyone had a great time! An extra big thank you to our hosts, Heath Ceramics, as they so generously provided their […]
Jul 15, 2015 – PCV News •
Oh how you’ve grown! The story of PCV Business Advising
In my last blog post, I told you that Bud and Penelope, PCV’s co-founders, wanted to bring the tools of venture capital to brick and mortar small businesses. These tools included not only the capital that companies needed to reach their next stage of growth, but also support from investors in the form of board […]
Jul 15, 2015 – PCV News • Small Business Advising And Mentoring •
Once Upon a Time in Silicon Valley
As we prepare for our 15 Year Anniversary Celebration, we have continually looked back at our beginnings with a sense of appreciation and pride. In 1998, the world was changing – tech companies were popping up left and right, receiving both financial and intellectual capital from venture capital firms and prospering because of it. Our […]
Jul 15, 2015 – PCV News •
Spotlight on Penelope Douglas: PCV Co-Founder and President Emeritus
As part of PCV’s 15th anniversary celebration, we want to recognize and thank our founders and early supporters. In this blog, our focus is on PCV co-founder and President Emeritus, Penelope Douglas. We hope you are as inspired by Penelope as we are and that you will join us to celebrate PCV’s 15th anniversary and […]
Jul 15, 2015 – PCV News • Small Business Clients And Success Stories •
Beth Sirull: Greetings from Down Under!
Greetings from Down Under! I write from Melbourne Australia where I’ve been attending the Global Shifts Social Enterprise Conference at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. I’m here as a guest of the Australian government to speak on a plenary panel with social entrepreneurs from around the globe about trends in social enterprise. I had the […]
Jul 15, 2015 – PCV News •
2012 PCV Holiday Promotions Guide
Check out the 2012 PCV Holiday Promotions Guide for big deals from small businesses!
Jul 15, 2015 – PCV News • Small Business Advising And Mentoring •
SF wants visitors to get out of the tourist traps and into the neighborhoods!
As great as Fisherman’s Wharf is, San Francisco wants to get tourists into other neighborhoods. As part of a program that highlights small businesses located outside of the city’s main tourists spots, the SF Travel Association has chosen 10 new recipients to join the ranks. Now in its third year, the neighborhood partnership grants give […]
Jul 15, 2015 – PCV News •
PCV to Curate SF Federal Reserve Oct 1st Event – Capital Markets for Impact at Scale
This coming Monday, October 1st, a PCV and Equilibrium Capital curated event, Capital Markets for Impact at Scale (#impactatscale), will convene the field’s foremost experts to discuss the roles that policy, mainstream capital markets, and innovation play in building scale in impact investing. The event, co-hosted by the San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank and Rockefeller […]
Jul 14, 2015 – Impact Consulting • PCV News •
PCV Launches The Great Social Enterprise Census
Today we are pleased to announce the launch of The Great Social Enterprise Census. The Great Social Enterprise Census is a 60 second survey of social enterprises that seeks to clarify the size, structure, and geographic diversity of the social enterprise sector in the United States. For this effort PCV has partnered with some of […]
Jul 14, 2015 – Impact Consulting • PCV News •
PCV Profiled in First Ever IRIS User Registry
PCV is excited to be one of the first organizations to be listed as a registered user on The Global Impact Investing Network’s Impact Reporting and Investment Standards (IRIS) User Registry. PCV utilizes IRIS metrics – a standard set of metrics that describe social, environmental, and financial performance – to measure the impact of its portfolio […]
Jul 14, 2015 – Impact Consulting • Impact Investing • PCV News •
PCV InSight at SOCAP
PCV InSight is a curator again at the SOCAP conference in San Francisco this year, the world’s largest annual gathering of social entrepreneurs and their supporters. PCV InSight will be joining research partners CASE at Duke University and ImpactAssets to host three sessions on October 3rd related to The Impact Investor – a research project […]
Jul 14, 2015 – Impact Consulting • PCV News •
PCV partners up with WIPP
Today Pacific Community Ventures announces its strategic partnership with Women Impacting Public Policy (WIPP)! This partnership will allow WIPP and PCV to strengthen our abilities to advocate for women small business owners and help them grow. WIPP is a national nonpartisan public policy organization advocating on behalf of nearly one million women-owned businesses and representing […]