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PCV Awarded Over $900,000!
Great news for PCV! The US Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) announced that it will award $186 million to organizations serving low-income communities and PCV is thrilled to have been one of 18 recipient organizations in California, receiving $953,806. We will be using this award to broaden our services to high-potential, job-generating small businesses […]
Jul 14, 2015 – PCV News •
Do you know about GO-Biz?
Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. created the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) to serve as a one-stop shop for those interested in economic development and job creation. The services to business owners include: attraction, retention and expansion services, site selection, permit streamlining, clearing of regulatory hurdles, small business assistance, international trade development, […]
Jul 14, 2015 – Small Business Advising And Mentoring • Small Business Loans •
Coca Cola: Guinea pig for measuring the social impact of Olympics sponsorships
In an age where you can’t search the web or even walk down the street without being overwhelmed by advertisements, we’re used to seeing brands being associated with something they’re, well, not associated with. Yet, sponsors of the London Olympics, such as Coca Cola, McDonalds and Cadbury, are being criticized for doing just that. Their […]
Jul 14, 2015 – Impact Consulting •
Crowdfunding & Small Business: CircleUp and Episencial
Access to capital is one of the biggest obstacles that many small businesses face. We see the frustration that entrepreneurs go through when their companies are growing, yet they can’t get more money to fund that growth. I read an article recently about a company (not in the PCV network) that felt similar growing pains, […]
Jul 14, 2015 – Small Business Loans • Small Business Resources •
Tell the President Which Regulations Are Hurting Your Small Business
In January 2011, the President directed all executive agencies to undertake an unprecedented government-wide review of regulations on the books, in order to figure out what is working and what is not, and where appropriate, to streamline or eliminate ineffective, overly burdensome, and outdated rules. Over two dozen agencies responded with regulatory reform plans, listing […]
Jul 14, 2015 – Small Business Advising And Mentoring • Small Business Resources •
Social Entrepreneurs in Action
Last Wednesday InSight visited Hub Ventures, a new startup accelerator for social entrepreneurs located in downtown San Francisco. There we joined a packed house to watch as seven companies presented their “pitch” to potential investors at Hub Venture’s Demo Day. Each of the seven companies had eight minutes to sell their businesses in hopes of […]
Jul 14, 2015 – Small Business Loans • Small Business Resources •
Piecing together impact investing, $4 billion at a time
Ben Thornley, PCV’s Director of InSight, responds to the critics that cite impact investing as being ill-defined and lacking integrity in his blog for the Huffington Post. Read the full post here! One of the great myths about impact investing is that the practice is ill-defined and therefore lacks integrity. In reality, the two clear-cut […]
Jul 14, 2015 – Impact Consulting • Impact Investing •
Five Findings from New InSight White Paper
This morning we’re excited to release a new white paper that sizes the social impact investing private equity market in the United States at $4 billion. While $4 billion represents a very small segment (.5%) of the broader private equity market in the U.S. ($1 trillion) our findings demonstrate that social impact private equity investing in […]
Jul 14, 2015 – Impact Consulting • Impact Investing •
Small Business Tax Break Approved by SF Board of Supervisors
This Tuesday, the SF Board of Supervisors approved new rules stating that small businesses in San Francisco that create new jobs or give their existing employees a raise or increase in hours will get a break on their payroll tax. Mayor Lee is expected to sign this legislation into law, which would be effective for […]