Carlos Cuellar has worked as a veterinarian for 35 years. In that time, he’s owned both Veterinary Clinics of the Bay Area (in Concord) and Adobe Pet Hospital (in Mill Valley). After running the businesses for over a decade, he sold the practices last year to move on to new things. Even after …
Small Business Clients And Success Stories
Meet Our Latest Borrower: Sin Fronteras Coffee
The global market for coffee hovers somewhere around $23 billion, and most people from northern Canada down to the tip of Tiera del Fuego couldn’t image a day without a cup of it. Coffee has been traditionally grown and farmed by indigenous peoples across the globe, but most of today’s giant coffee …
Small Business Advisor Spotlight: Albert Tung
This week’s spotlight feature goes to Albert Tung. Albert is a Manager, Transaction Advisory Services at EY -- and first time mentor with Pacific Community Ventures! We paired Albert with Marcia Lopez, the owner of True Healing Bodywork, a natural remedies healing business. Albert’s skills in …
Small Business Advisor Spotlight: Pat McNamara
This week’s spotlight features business advisor Pat McNamara. Pat is an accomplished entrepreneur having started multiple businesses and is currently the CEO of Ignite Capital, a nonprofit organization aimed at helping aspiring Canadian entrepreneurs access alternative funding when traditional …
Small Business Owner Spotlight: Isaiah Goodman
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 …
Meet Our Latest Borrower: Javi’s Parrilla
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 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 …