PeopleFund Blog

Oct 242018

Bloom Lab Member Highlight: For the Students Tour

in Client Success, Events, Small Business

By Ogden Payne The For the Students Tour started from a need. Like any other 18-year-old kid who just graduated high school with the world ahead of them, my life goal was to become a rapper. I enrolled at Austin Community College in the fall of 2010, pursuing a degree in Commercial…

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By Ogden Payne The For the Students Tour started from a need. Like any other 18-year-old kid who just graduated high school with the world ahead of them, my life goal was to become a rapper. I enrolled at Austin Community College in the fall of 2010, pursuing a degree in Commercial…

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Oct 192018

The Entrepreneurial Engineer: Mia Parton of Aeparmia

in Accomplishments & Awards, Announcements, Client Success, In the News, Small Business

As featured by the Tory Burch Foundation After spending over a decade in the engineering design and construction industry, Mia Parton founded Aeparmia Engineering PLLC in 2017. Minority and LGBTQ owned, Aeparmia is a professional civil engineering firm that designs and manages infrastructure projects that are essential to advancing and protecting our communities. We…

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As featured by the Tory Burch Foundation After spending over a decade in the engineering design and construction industry, Mia Parton founded Aeparmia Engineering PLLC in 2017. Minority and LGBTQ owned, Aeparmia is a professional civil engineering firm that designs and manages infrastructure projects that are essential to advancing and protecting our communities. We…

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Oct 162018

National Veteran Lending Collaborative

in In the News

We were recently featured in a blog post by Common Impact discussing our new and exciting project with JPMorgan Chase. Through a collaborative effort with JPMorgan Chase employees, we were able to discuss economic advancement opportunities for veterans. This led to a coordination for improvements in veteran lending through CDFI’s across the…

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We were recently featured in a blog post by Common Impact discussing our new and exciting project with JPMorgan Chase. Through a collaborative effort with JPMorgan Chase employees, we were able to discuss economic advancement opportunities for veterans. This led to a coordination for improvements in veteran lending through CDFI’s across the…

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Sep 192018

Social Media Marketing: Tools & Tips

in Resources

By Yoona Kim Nowadays, social media has become a vital tool for the marketing. Especially for small business owners, it is considered as a cost-effective and easily accessible choice compared to the other marketing tactics. However, this can also lead entrepreneurs to have a wrong impression of effective social media marketing. Obviously…

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By Yoona Kim Nowadays, social media has become a vital tool for the marketing. Especially for small business owners, it is considered as a cost-effective and easily accessible choice compared to the other marketing tactics. However, this can also lead entrepreneurs to have a wrong impression of effective social media marketing. Obviously…

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Aug 142018

Let’s Make Your Business GLOW with Flare Fort Worth

in Events, Small Business, Small Business Resources

By Jisu Han Want to learn how to make your business glow?  Join us for Flare Fort Worth! This is your chance to move your business forward by hearing about a local entrepreneur’s successful business journey and mingling with other like-minded individuals! Having a mentor and networking with people who are on…

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By Jisu Han Want to learn how to make your business glow?  Join us for Flare Fort Worth! This is your chance to move your business forward by hearing about a local entrepreneur’s successful business journey and mingling with other like-minded individuals! Having a mentor and networking with people who are on…

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Aug 12018

Intern Welcome – Eunji Choi

in Announcements

Eunji Choi recently joined the PeopleFund family as a part of the KoreaWEST Fellowship. She assists with marketing research and strategy, producing videos for the website and educational events. She majored in Creative Advertising at the Seoul Institute of the Arts. As a student, Eunji studied all aspects of effective advertising techniques and worked in various fields…

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Eunji Choi recently joined the PeopleFund family as a part of the KoreaWEST Fellowship. She assists with marketing research and strategy, producing videos for the website and educational events. She majored in Creative Advertising at the Seoul Institute of the Arts. As a student, Eunji studied all aspects of effective advertising techniques and worked in various fields…

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Jul 182018

Austin Community Foundation Awards $781,000 in Grants for Hurricane Harvey Recovery Efforts

in Accomplishments & Awards, In the News, Small Business

As featured on Austin Community Foundation AUSTIN, TEXAS – Austin Community Foundation announced $781,000 in grants to six nonprofits for projects addressing the long-term recovery efforts of communities affected by Hurricane Harvey, which devastated the Texas Gulf Coast and surrounding areas in August 2017. The grants were distributed through the Central Texas Long-Term…

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As featured on Austin Community Foundation AUSTIN, TEXAS – Austin Community Foundation announced $781,000 in grants to six nonprofits for projects addressing the long-term recovery efforts of communities affected by Hurricane Harvey, which devastated the Texas Gulf Coast and surrounding areas in August 2017. The grants were distributed through the Central Texas Long-Term…

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Jul 142018

A Tribe of Successful Women is a Force to be Reckoned With

in Events, Small Business, Small Business Resources

By Morgan Palmer According to the 2016 Kauffman Index of Startup Activity, women entrepreneurs now make up more than 40% of new entrepreneurs in the United States. Meanwhile, this rapid growth has shown that women’s entrepreneur growth rates have doubled that of our male counterparts. #GirlPower We’ve all learned the importance of…

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By Morgan Palmer According to the 2016 Kauffman Index of Startup Activity, women entrepreneurs now make up more than 40% of new entrepreneurs in the United States. Meanwhile, this rapid growth has shown that women’s entrepreneur growth rates have doubled that of our male counterparts. #GirlPower We’ve all learned the importance of…

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Jul 92018

Bank of America CEO: One big way to help veterans is help them get capital to start a business

in Client Success, In the News, Small Business

As featured on CNBC: There are more than 2.5 million U.S. businesses that are majority-owned by veterans. Still, veterans can struggle to find capital to get their businesses off the ground. A study found that access to capital was a commonly cited challenge among veterans trying to start a business. By Brian…

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As featured on CNBC: There are more than 2.5 million U.S. businesses that are majority-owned by veterans. Still, veterans can struggle to find capital to get their businesses off the ground. A study found that access to capital was a commonly cited challenge among veterans trying to start a business. By Brian…

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Jun 282018

5 Helpful Tips to Maximize Your Small Business

in Small Business

Starting a business comes with a long grocery list of tasks that can be costly and hectic. To ease that transition of embarking on this journey, self storage can be a simple solution to all the issues you may encounter. Check out some of the benefits of storing your business items at…

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Starting a business comes with a long grocery list of tasks that can be costly and hectic. To ease that transition of embarking on this journey, self storage can be a simple solution to all the issues you may encounter. Check out some of the benefits of storing your business items at…

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