Small Business Resources
Top 10 Reasons Small Businesses Fail
One of the least understood aspects of entrepreneurship is why small businesses fail, and there’s a simple reason for the confusion: Most of the evidence comes from the entrepreneurs themselves. I have had a close-up view of numerous business failures — including a few start-ups of my own. And from my observation, the reasons for […]
Jul 08, 2015 – Small Business Advising And Mentoring • Small Business Resources •
8 Things You Need To Know About Seeking Funding
This blog is written by a member of Fast Company’s expert blogging community and expresses that expert’s views alone. As part of our Getting Funded series, we asked members of the Young Entrepreneur Council what they wish they knew when they sought funding that they know now. Here are their suggestions, including finding the right […]
Jul 08, 2015 – Small Business Loans • Small Business Resources •
6 Flavors Of Microfinance
What do great food and microfinance have in common? Before last night I would have said: “not much.” But after attending Opportunity Fund’s A Taste of Microfinance event, I think I found the answer. Given the right mix of ingredients, both microfinance and food can have a big impact. Below are six local chef-entrepreneurs who […]
Jul 08, 2015 – Small Business Loans • Small Business Resources •
Five things I learned yesterday about online marketing at PCV
Yesterday, Chase and I attended a ’25 Ways to Market your Website’ seminar through the SF Non-Profit Leadership Series. Here is what I thought the five most interesting take-aways were: 1) Content is STILL king. There is no replacement for creating and putting out meaningful content, dialogue and interesting ways of engaging your audience. 2) […]
Jul 08, 2015 – Small Business Advising And Mentoring • Small Business Resources •
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 […]