Insights for
Minority Business Owners
You are important to your community and you are important to us, and we’re here to help you be the best business owner you can be.
As we observe Pride, PNC celebrates the positive difference that LGBTQ+ business leaders and entrepreneurs make year-round within their companies, across industries, and throughout our economy.
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 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
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
Running Your Business
Total Cardiology of Atlanta: Private Practice Enables Genuine Patient Focus
Dr. F. Michael Toca works hard to keep his patients and his practice healthy. From his perspective, the rewards far outweigh the costs.
3 min read
Growing Your Business
Jerk Taco Man: The Key to Restaurant Success Is Starting Small
Since piloting his jerk taco concept on the streets of Chicago, Julius Thomas has opened four locations there. He plans to take his business model to Atlanta next.
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
Manage Business Finances
How Coralus Transforms Entrepreneurial Funding and Support
Its 0% interest loans and global support system benefit businesses like Brown Toy Box.
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
Business Planning
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
Running Your Business
Economic Outlook for Black-Owned Businesses
Gus Faucher, Chief Economist at PNC, provides a high-level economic outlook for Black-owned businesses.
3:54 min video
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
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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