Small Business Loans
Meet Our Latest Small Business Borrower: Dog Dynasty
Carlos Cuellar has worked as a veterinarian for 35 years. In that time, he’s owned both Veterinary Clinics of the Bay Area (in Concord) and Adobe Pet Hospital (in Mill Valley). After running the businesses for over a decade, he sold the practices last year to move on to new things. Even after closing his […]
Feb 19, 2019 – Small Business Clients And Success Stories • Small Business Loans •
Meet Our Latest Borrower: Javi’s Parrilla
Javi Sandes was born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina where he started cooking at a young age to help his mother prepare large meals for the family. He helped run a small food business in Argentina before moving to the United States ten years ago to play soccer. His soccer career was sidelined by […]
Oct 08, 2018 – Small Business Clients And Success Stories • Small Business Loans •
Meet Our Latest Borrower: Progeny Coffee
We first met Maria Palacio, a 5th generation Columbian coffee farmer, in December 2017 at the Winter Fancy Food Show in San Francisco. Maria founded and leads Progeny Coffee, LLC, a wholesale coffee company that works exclusively with Columbian coffee farmers. Columbia is synonymous with coffee, but because farmers there are using 100-year-old commercialization methods, […]
Oct 01, 2018 – Small Business Clients And Success Stories • Small Business Loans •
Meet Our Latest Borrower: Paniagua Construction
Paniagua Construction is a construction company located in San Francisco, CA. Established almost 25 years ago, Eduardo Paniagua and Elena Asturias started the business to offer design, building, and project management services all-in-one to clients in San Francisco. They came to their business with a lot of experience: Eduardo immigrated from Panama, where he worked […]
Sep 12, 2018 – Small Business Clients And Success Stories • Small Business Loans •
Meet Our Latest Borrower: Courtsmith Basketball Industries
Courtsmith Basketball Industries is a basketball apparel and accessory store located in Oakland, CA. Founded by Courtney Smith in September 2014, the company has grown from its start selling one t-shirt at a time to selling a range of products including backpacks, hoodies, and hats to players, coaches, fans, and teams of all levels. In […]
Jun 19, 2018 – Small Business Clients And Success Stories • Small Business Loans •
Meet Our Latest Borrower: DNA Motor Lab
Daniel Pak founded Hayward’s DNA Motor Lab in 2011. Daniel grew up working on farm equipment and dreamed of motorcycles since he can remember. After a stint in the corporate world, Daniel followed his dream of being a small business owner in an area he loves. DNA Motor Lab is a motorcycle and scooter repair […]
Apr 30, 2018 – Small Business Clients And Success Stories • Small Business Loans •
Meet Our Latest Borrower: As Kneaded Bakery
As Kneaded Bakery is a Community Supported Bakery, founded and operated by Iliana Imberman Berkowitz. Inspired by the sourdough bread culture of California and the rich tradition of breads of her Jewish heritage, As Kneaded serves loaves that blend cultures and fill bellies. Iliana focuses her bakery on baguettes, challah, and a variety of sourdough […]
Apr 06, 2018 – Small Business Clients And Success Stories • Small Business Loans •
San Francisco Entrepreneurs of Color Fund
Thanks to a new partnership with JP Morgan Chase, San Francisco entrepreneurs of color have a new source of capital: The Entrepreneurs of Color Fund. San Francisco has one of the highest concentrations of small businesses owned by people of color; there are about 46,000 such small businesses in the city. The fund is designed […]
Feb 14, 2018 – PCV News • Small Business Advising And Mentoring • Small Business Loans •
New Source Of Capital For Small Business Owners of Color in Contra Costa County
Pacific Community Ventures – a nonprofit small business lender that’s fueled small businesses in San Francisco and Oakland for 20 years – has just announced a new expansion to provide small business owners in Contra Costa County access the funding and business advice they need to grow their businesses, create jobs, and support the local […]
Feb 12, 2018 – PCV News • Small Business Loans •
Meet Our Latest Borrower: 360 Total Concept
360 Total Concept is a management consulting firm that specializes in project management for public relations, monitoring and contract compliance, logistics, and facilities management. Founded by Shonda Scott in 2006, 360 Total Concept Consulting focuses on three primary services: Logistics – coordinating conferences, facilitating meetings and workshops, and producing webinars Facilities Management – managing subcontractors […]
Feb 09, 2018 – Small Business Clients And Success Stories • Small Business Loans •
Meet Our Latest Borrower: The Good Earth School
The Good Earth School is a preschool in Kensington, California, that offers early childhood education for children 18 months to 6 years old. The Good Earth School is inspired by the Reggio Emilia approach to education, which means a Child-Centered, on-going Emergent curriculum. Emergent curriculum is a way of planning lessons that are based on […]
Feb 09, 2018 – Small Business Clients And Success Stories • Small Business Loans •
Meet Our Latest Borrower: Mohinders Shoes
In 2012, Michael Paratore was traveling through India when he bought a pair of shoes from a street vendor in Mumbai. Once he was back in the Bay Area, he started wearing the shoes every day, and to all types of events. With all of the compliments he received on them, Michael realized the demand […]