Small Business Advising And Mentoring
Our Small Business Support Circle Is Growing
Pacific Community Ventures is bringing together a rapidly growing coalition of people, companies, and organizations invested in the success and resilience of small businesses across the United States. Members of the PCV Small Business Support Circle are helping to get millions of dollars of free advice into the hands of job-creating small business owners by […]
Feb 02, 2021 – PCV News • Small Business Advising And Mentoring • Small Business Resources • Uncategorized •
PCV Announces New Commitment at Clinton Foundation to Close The Business Advising Gap
This week Pacific Community Ventures joined President Bill Clinton as the Clinton Foundation kicked off “Building an Inclusive Recovery,” a Clinton Foundation series to address racial, ethnic, tribal, economic, and health disparities in wake of COVID-19. Featured participants included Ajay Banga, chief executive officer of Mastercard; Mayor Randall Woodfin, Birmingham; Wole C. Coaxum, founder and chief executive officer, […]
Oct 22, 2020 – PCV News • Small Business Advising And Mentoring •
Support Small Businesses During Latinx Heritage Month
September 15 – October 15 each year is Latinx Heritage Month. Support the community and build local wealth by shopping at Latinx-owned small businesses today — and every day! Here’s a growing list of almost 150 of our own clients across the country: Meet Some Of Our Excellent Clients! The list includes many of our […]
Sep 22, 2020 – Small Business Advising And Mentoring • Small Business Clients And Success Stories •
Announcing PCV’s Small Business Support Circle
Labor Day marks six months since the COVID pandemic began in March. In that time it’s estimated over 100,000 small businesses have closed forever, and close to one million more are at risk across the country. The Federal response to COVID has fallen despairingly short for small businesses, and despite the (flawed) Paycheck Protection Program, […]
Sep 07, 2020 – PCV News • Small Business Advising And Mentoring •
The Good Jobs Agenda: Pacific Community Ventures 2019 Good Jobs Report
Pacific Community Ventures’ work has never been more crucial to the communities we serve. The coronavirus pandemic wiped out 22 million jobs — 10 years of job growth — in the first four weeks, with an additional 37 million jobs vulnerable to layoffs and tens of millions of small businesses in danger of closing. The […]
Jun 04, 2020 – Good Jobs • Impact Consulting • Impact Investing • PCV News • Publications • Small Business Advising And Mentoring • Small Business Loans •
PCV Receives Project Innovation Award from NBC Bay Area, Telemundo, and the Comcast NBCUniversal Foundation
We’re excited to announce that PCV has received a Project Innovation award from NBC Bay Area / KNTV, Telemundo 48 Area de la Bahia / KSTS, and the Comcast NBCUniversal Foundation today. We’re being recognized as one of eight organizations that are using innovation to tackle everyday problems and urgent COVID-19 needs in the community. […]
May 13, 2020 – Good Jobs • PCV News • Small Business Advising And Mentoring •
Small Business Stories: Holy Land Pivots Online Due To COVID-19
Miri Levy is the owner of Oakland’s Holy Land restaurant, and like all business owners in the COVID-19 pandemic, she’s had to hustle. She’s a single mom and business owner running a dine-in restaurant, which is incredibly hard in the best of times. Miri took over Holy Land from her parents 20 years ago, and […]
Apr 28, 2020 – Small Business Advising And Mentoring • Small Business Clients And Success Stories •
April is National Volunteer Month – Advise a Small Business from Home!
More than 37 million in jobs in the United States are vulnerable to layoffs right now, and the most vulnerable workers are those who can’t afford it. The restaurant industry has ground to a halt across much of the country, with businesses being ordered to shutter entirely and social distancing keeping people at home. The […]
Apr 01, 2020 – PCV News • Small Business Advising And Mentoring •
Remote Volunteering: Help Small Businesses Hit By COVID-19
As coronavirus spreads across the globe, state and local governments are banning large events, and companies are playing their part in encouraging or mandating that all employees who can work from home, to stem the tide of the virus. One unfortunate side effect of this is that companies are having to cancel or postpone volunteer […]