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July 2024 by Aislin Diana
Even when you are transparent about your financial situation from the beginning, they string you on and make you waste your time, to make you believe you qualify for their help… They work with numbers and they “know” the requirements…it’s their literal job… they should have told me no from the start… but they wait until you’ve completed the program to bring up barriers so you don’t qualify.
Huge waste of time - I closed my business for several hours a week for 8 weeks to attend their virtual classes, complete homework and meet with a rep. I lost my time, effort, money for my business when closing and I didn’t even qualify for the loan or grant like they said I would. I’d like to emphasize on the fact that when I was reached out to, I specified my situation and asked questions and was given a green light.
For the “people,” small businesses and start ups is a huge load of bull. HUGE disappointment. Never again. Do NOT recommend at all. It was so frustrating to get my hopes up for absolutely NOTHING.
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April 2023 by Rayford B.
Do not use this organization. They completely wasted my time. Im not sure if they really help anyone. We jumped through all their hoops only for them to give us a vague and unclear reason about why they could not help us with funding. Normally an organization will have a clear and precise reason for not being able to help you. We had to come up with solutions for them during the process because they did not send us workable pdf files to use. (they want everything to be paperless) We came up with solutions for that problem. When we alerted them to the problem they just ignored us. Go somewhere else if you need funding.
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August 2022 by Kevin Patel
I mean if you like people that run hard inquiries and loose applications these guys got you covered 100%
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May 2022 by Felix G.
I have never been treated as poorly as I have just been treated. I spoke to Carlos Gutierrez recently and I apologized in advance because when he called I was in the middle of lunch. I began to explain to him what I was looking for, he interrupted and told me to call him back when I was making less noise. I called him back and explained to him that I had apologized in advance and he started yelling and hung up on me again. I had used Peoplefund in the past but I guess this guy does not care about helping people out. VERY unprofessional and disrespectful. This was a horrible experience. Needless to say, I will now have to start the entire process all over with another lender.
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November 2021 by Liquor Pawn
We are currently working with manual santos, very professional. Answer the questions very professionally, currently we are on the middle of construction our new liquor store here in Austin, I start with the fund that we have, we running out of fund at the moment, even though our loan is not clear to close yet , but we believe mr manual is working hard on this deal , to getting things done, thanks Manuel for giving us hope & faithThanks
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August 2021 by Matthew Jones
Great organization with helpful staff. Professional and friendly! Look forward to working with them again in the future!
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July 2021 by Katherine Fowler
This organization is topnotch. They assisted every step of the way with my loan and were friendly, professional and timely. Special shout out to Sheyenne who provided me with the best customer service I have ever experienced.
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June 2021 by Edie Cogdell
Sheyenne Alvarez at PeopleFund in Austin was extremely helpful and responsive in assisting me with a PPP loan application for my organization during a peak time. She always answered my calls and emails and kept me up to date throughout the process. The process was user friendly.
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April 2021 by Heather B.
People Fund helped us get started on our new clothing line during a hard season last year and we are very appreciative. We so appreciate People Fund for helping small business like are ours launch. Heather
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April 2021 by Jamin Van Dillen
Sheyenee is Amazing and so helpful in getting the funds I needed for my business. I never even knew this type of support existed and was so pleased to get help from experts with getting my PPP and other loans.Thanks Peoplefund and Sheyenne for all of your help! It's been so amazing and I am extremely grateful.
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November 2020 by Darks Tavern
No one calls back. Very disorganized and I sadly feel that I would get treated better if I was a woman.
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September 2018 by DeVante' Branch
PeopleFund is a great CDFI that wants to put everyone in the position to succeed. They have a great Education Team that is works hard to not only get prospective clients loan ready, but also after you get the loan. They have mentor pairing for anything that you may have trouble with while running your small business like accounting and Quickbooks help, marketing strategist, free legal consultation and many other excellent things. If you are looking for not only a loan, but a company to put you in the right spot to succeed, PeopleFund is the place for you.
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September 2017 by Jonathan Davis
A great nonprofit that provides services of all kinds for the community.
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September 2017 by Bennie Watson
They help with government assistance
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September 2017 by James Zimmerman
THEY DO NOTHING FOR THE LOCAL BUSNESS COMMUNITY. . It's all pep talk. They definitely need to stop portraying themselves as champions for small local businesses. They'r far from that. They almost border line scam and Fraud. It's extremely difficult to get a small business loan with them. They put all kinds of obstacles in the way so they won't loan you.they almost want a DNA sample. It's absolutely much easier to go to a bank or credit union. DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME . THEY SIT BEHIND A DESK AND GUARANTEED A PAY CHECK. THEY CAN NEVER UNDERSTAND THE HARD WORK SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS DO.
