Insights for Minority Business Owners

You are important to your community and you are important to us. We’re here to help you be the best business owner you can be.  

PNC Supports Diversity

At PNC, we are proud to commemorate the diverse histories of the people we serve, and strive for a world of respect for all.

Running Your Business

Elevar Professional Development: Elevating Careers and Lives

Nallely Gass is living her dream. Her business empowers others to do the same.

3 min read

Manage Business Finances

A Comprehensive Guide to SBA Loans

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) can be the difference-maker in getting the money your business needs.

3 min read

Communities

Building Relationships, Trust Are Key to Meeting Latino Community Needs

Two PNC leaders explore the importance of creating partnerships and banking opportunities when serving this diverse population of people.

3 min read

PNC Support for Minority-Owned Businesses

Our Mission is to deliver products, solutions, and resources that will help to enable financial wellness of emerging businesses within our minority communities through dedicated bankers, advocacy partners, and technology that will help empower, educate, and accelerate entrepreneurial growth and success.

Marshalynn Odneal, National Sales Executive for Minority Business

Marshalynn Odneal,
National Sales Executive
for Minority Business

 

Marshalynn leads the design and implementation of financial solutions that set up minority-owned businesses for effective growth, development and sustainability.

She will partner closely with PNC’s Corporate Responsibility Group and our Regional Presidents, to help ensure that PNC’s goal of financial wellness for all business clients is achievable today and into the future.

Get to Know These Business Owners

Growing Your Business

A Local Tennessee Theater is Rewriting the Script for Community Enhancement

The Center for the Arts has all the right roles: a rich history, a passionate executive director, and a look toward the future

4 min read

Running Your Business

Strategic Tax Consultants: Niche Focus Leads to National Scope

Two CPAs put their tax expertise and relationship-building skills to the test when they teamed up in 2002. Today the Skokie, Illinois, tax consultancy serves clients nationwide.

3 min read

Growing Your Business

Women Who Achieve: Maria Traino

The founder and president of Maria Traino Success Coaching works with entrepreneurs to define and design their version of success.

3 min read

A Commitment to Diversity

Customers

PNC Group Focuses on Helping Minority Businesses Thrive

Through its Main Street bank model, PNC helps address disparities faced by minority-owned firms.

3 min read

Employees

Leadership Lessons: Blazing a Trail by Trying New Things

Christine Shambach, Mergers & Acquisitions Executive for PNC, reflects on a career path that has been anything but a straight line.

4 min read

Manage Business Finances

Minority-Owned Businesses: Overcoming Financial Challenges

Learn about the unique challenges minority business owners face, whether starting up or preparing to grow their existing business.

46:51 min video

Running Your Business

How to Improve Diversity and Inclusion in Your Organization

The business case for diversity is stronger than ever.

4 min read

Running Your Business

PNC Supplier Diversity Program Welcomes New Participants

Minority-owned, women-owned and small businesses are discovering new opportunities to compete through corporate supplier diversity programs.

5 min read

Running Your Business

Managing a Multi-Generational Workforce

Meeting workers’ diverse needs and harnessing each generations’ unique strengths can facilitate collaboration and help every team member feel valued.

2 min read

$26.5 Billion

Planned loan originations to small businesses in LMI communities, majority-minority census tracts, businesses with less than $1 million in revenue and small farms as part of a total $88 Billion Community Benefits Plan.
 

In recognition of small businesses as the lifeblood of the U.S. economy and the critical role that they play in creating wealth and ensuring more diverse and inclusive communities, PNC plans to originate at least $26.5 billion in loans to small LMI, minority-, women- and veteran-owned businesses from 2022 through 2025.

Richard Bynum, Chief Corporate
Responsibility Officer for PNC

Businesses Getting Started

Business Planning

How to Start a Business: A Step-by-Step Guide for New Entrepreneurs

Taking the leap and starting your own small business is difficult. Getting the right guidance and following the right steps doesn’t have to be.

8 min read

Business Planning

How To Turn Your Side Hustle Into a Business

Going from full-timer to entrepreneur can be daunting. Here’s how you can make an informed decision about your side hustle.

2 min read

Growing Your Business

Mex-More: A Business Built on Authentic Ethnic Foods and Great Service

Oscar Garcia identified a need and filled it, by connecting grocery stores and supermarkets with foods from Mexico, Central America and South America.

3 min read

Growing Your Business

Lessons from Entrepreneurs on Risk, Failure, and Self-confidence

Discover the personality traits of typical entrepreneurs, and which common characteristics can improve their chance of business success.

2 min read

Starting Your Business

Writing a Business Plan: A Guide for Minority Business Owners

By serving as a strategic document for your business, your business plan helps you stay focused as your business thrives.

4 min read

Growing Your Business

Building a Winning Team of Partners: Insights for Black-Owned Businesses

As entrepreneurship among Black Americans continues to grow, success relies on dynamic networks of partners.

51:18 min video

Businesses Ready to Grow

Growing Your Business

Accelerating Hispanic Entrepreneurial Growth

A look at the Hispanic- and Latino-owned business boom in the U.S. and how entrepreneurs can break through systemic barriers to scale.

46:02 min video

Business Planning

How to Start a Business: A Step-by-Step Guide for New Entrepreneurs

Taking the leap and starting your own small business is difficult. Getting the right guidance and following the right steps doesn’t have to be.

8 min read

Running Your Business

Economic Outlook for Black-Owned Businesses 2023 Update

Gus Faucher, Chief Economist at PNC, provides a high-level economic outlook for Black-owned businesses.

5:49 min video

Growing Your Business

Should I Grow My Business?

You may find your business at a crossroads — should you expand or stay put? Break down the details that can help you decide which path to take.

2 min read

Running Your Business

Remix: Where Sneakerheads Go to Get Their Kicks

Charles Reid’s shoe stores offer sneaker enthusiasts an alternative to the sky-high prices of new brand-name sneakers. They offer committed employees a chance at entrepreneurship.

3 min read

Manage Business Finances

The Road to Recovery: How a Good Banking Partnership Can Help your Business

Whether you’re experiencing growth or you’re trying to shift the organization back into profitability, having the right banking partner is a key step.

4 min read

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