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A Little Advice on Advising
I recently came across an article in the Boston Business Journal about how few entrepreneurs 1) seek out advice from experienced business people or 2) don’t make good use of the advice they may have received. It seems like what this author is writing about is very relevant to our small business advising network! The […]
Jul 08, 2015 – Small Business Advising And Mentoring • Small Business Resources •
A New Matching Loan Program Open To Our Entrepreneurs
Our partner Kiva Zip is teaming up with LISC to provide more loans and expand financial opportunities to the small businesses in our network! This partnership means that small business borrowers endorsed by PCV will only have to raise half of the total loan amount from the crowd on the Kiva Zip website. LISC will […]
Apr 15, 2015 – Small Business Advising And Mentoring • Small Business Resources •
Five Takeaways: The G8 and Social Impact Investing
by Ben Thornley, Director, InSight at Pacific Community Ventures The UK government planted the Union Jack squarely at the center of social impact investing at the dedicated G8 meeting June 6 – hosted by Prime Minister David Cameron in concert with Cabinet visionary Nick Hurd, Minister for Civil Society, and Sir Ronald Cohen, who in […]
Nov 12, 2013 – Impact Consulting • Impact Investing •
Impact Investing 2.0 — What $3 Billion Tells Us About the Next $300 Billion
Co-authored with Ben Thornley of Pacific Community Ventures and Jed Emerson of Impact Assets Earlier this month in the Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR), Paul Brest and Kelly Born wrote a very thoughtful piece about the difficulty of achieving real impact alongside financial returns for impact investors. Their thesis was so provocative that over 18 […]
Sep 05, 2013 – Impact Consulting • Impact Investing •
A Big Idea for Job Creation
The California Organized Insurance Network (COIN) CDFI Tax Credit program (the Program), administered by the California Department of Insurance, has a track record of creating jobs in some of California’s most underserved communities. Drawing on a well-designed policy framework, an efficient and dedicated team of public officials responsible for COIN, and an effective statewide infrastructure […]
May 17, 2013 – Good Jobs • Impact Investing • Publications •
The New Era of Public Innovation: Part One
post by Ben Thornley The Schwab Foundation Social Innovation Summit, held last week in Lima, Peru, was a breakthrough moment. As the first international, ministerial-level convening focused on the role of government in enabling and growing social enterprise, it ushered in a new era of public innovation. There is broad agreement, in Latin America and […]