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 …
Small Business Clients And Success Stories
Small Business Advisor Spotlight: Dale Klein
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 …
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 …
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 …
Small Business Owner Spotlight: Natasha Miller
Meet Natasha Miller, the owner of Entire Productions. Natasha approached the BusinessAdvising.org program because she needed help getting her financials in order, and for some guidance with HR-related challenges like preparing her employees for development and growth. We paired …
Featured Advisor: Sherri Beasley
This week's featured volunteer advisor is Sherri Beasley, Director of Strategic Planning and Business Development at Children’s Health in Tennessee. She's been an allstar advisor with 3 partnerships since she joined the Pacific Community Ventures family back in July of 2015. We recently matched …
Advisor Spotlight: Jenna Cafiero
This week we're pleased to feature our stellar advisor, Jenna Cafiero! Jenna is a Program Manager at Google and is advising Brian Wallace of Endorfin Foods, a small chocolate production company in Berkeley, California, focused on highlighting the beauty and taste of the cacao bean. Brian came to …
Business Owner Spotlight: June Dillinger
This week’s small business owner spotlight features June Dillinger, the owner of I Do Hawaiian Weddings. June joined the Pacific Community Ventures Small Business Advising family back in January when she needed advice on how to better budget. We paired June with Maricar Apuya, a professor in …
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, …