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It's a lot of hard work, but there are few greater joys than running a small business. Keeping things small allows you and your employees to feel a greater connection to the work being done, and it allows you to provide exceptional service to your valued customers. But as awesome as it is to be …
This week’s spotlight features Isaiah Goodman! Isaiah started his career as a financial representative at Northwestern Mutual. Although Isaiah’s time there was fruitful, he felt limited with the services and offerings that he was able to provide his clients. Isaiah decided to start his own financial …
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 …
Dale is a Corporate Communication & Speech Specialist and owner of Profitable Speech, LLC. Dale found Pacific Community Ventures when searching for an opportunity to volunteer her skills to benefit a small business owner in need. We first paired Dale with Maicher Her, the owner of Maicher …
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 …
It should come as no surprise that it can be difficult for small businesses to grow, hire, and take advantage of new opportunities without injecting some cash into what they’re doing. Whether that’s paying for staff, developing new products, marketing the business or innovating something, any of …
At Pacific Community Ventures we look for systemic-change initiatives that empower small business owners, underinvested communities, and the larger ecosystems that serve them. Opportunity Zones are a new tool to empower more capital to flow to underserved communities across America. We’re optimistic …
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 …
Small business ownership has been a pathway to the middle class for generations and continues to be a crucial tool for building wealth and community self-determination. Building a successful small business involves overcoming many challenges, and it’s even harder if you’re new to the country or …
Pacific Community Ventures is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit community development financial institution that envisions a world of thriving communities where everyone has a fair shake. Our mission is to invest in small businesses, create good jobs for working people, and make markets work for social good.
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