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Daily Sound: WEV to Start Fall Classes |
August 23, 2011 Women's Economic Ventures, or WEV, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing training for small business owners, is starting its fall class sessions. The 14-week Self Employment Training has its first orientation tonight from 6-7p.m. Read more.
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Santa Barbara News Press: Enterprising Women Get a Hand With Business |
August 21, 2011 Women-owned enterprises on the South Coast have a number of resources they can turn to in order to get their businesses up, running, and successful... With national unemployment high, stock prices sinking and wages flat for the millions still working, self-employment on some level is a viable option for many women in Santa Barbara County, according to the founder of Women's Economic Ventures, one of the most visible organizations offering resources. Read more.
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Ventura County Star: Expert Consultants Sought by WEV |
August 14, 2011 Women's Economic Ventures (WEV) is looking for expert consultants to volunteer for Thrive In Five, a program that encourages existing small businesses to grow and thrive. Read more.
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Pacific Coast Business Times: Brief |
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July 14, 2011 Three client businesses of Women's Economic Ventures hosted a free "WEV Connects" networking event in Santa Barbara on July 7th. The owners of Cafe Shell, Hampstead Village, and Chocolats du CaliBressan have all turned to WEV for guidance in opening their businesses, and each business will donate a percentage of sales from the evening to help support WEV programs. Read more.
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Ventura County Reporter: Biz Buzz |
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June 7, 2011 Getting Started: Women's Economic Ventures (WEV) will offer a Business Ready workshop beginning June 11. This 10-hour workshop was created for the individual who needs to define and refine his or her business plan before charging ahead. Read more.
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Carpinteria Coastal View: Busienss Briefs |
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June 2, 2011 The national economy has contracted over the past couple of years, but Chocolats du CaliBressan, a Carpinteria based confections company, managed to grow into a second retail location in Santa Barbara. Read more.
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Pacific Coast Business Times: Briefcase |
May 27, 2011 Women's Economic Ventures, a Santa Barbara-based organization that provides training to entrepreneurs, hasreceived a $25,000 donation from the Citi Foundation and a $13,000 gift from Citi Community Development. Read more.
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Santa Barbara News Press: Public Square |
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May 27, 2011 Nearly 90 women and men graduated from Women's Economic Ventures' 14-week Self-Employment Training and six-week Busienss Plan Intensive course during a ceremony May 17 at Montecito Country Club. Read more.
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Santa Barbara News Press: Events |
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May 25, 2011 Women's Self Employment Training Orientation: Learn about WEV's 14 week course on how to start or grow your own business. Read more.
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Daily Sound: New Class of Entrepreneurs Graduate from WEV Training Program |
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May 14, 2011 On Tuesday, at the Montecito Country Club, 90 men and women, from Santa Barbara and Ventura counties, will celebrate their successful completion of WEV's Self-Employment Training and Business Plan Intensive programs. Graduates are a mix of current and first-time business owners. Read more.
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Pacific Coast Business Times: Street Smarts |
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May 13, 2011 BIG BUCKS: Rabobank has donated $25,000 to Women's Economic Ventures to continue its worthwhile programs. Read more.
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805 Living: Open For Business |
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May 1, 2011 ...Marsha Bailey is also dedicated to helping entrepreneurs fulfill their dreams. In 1991, she began Women's Economic Ventures, an organization that initially provided self-employment training, technical assistance, and micro-loans primarily to low-income women. Read more.
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Pacific Coast Business Times: Top 50 Women in Business |
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March 25, 2011 Marsha Bailey is the founder and CEO of Women's Economic Ventures and the Small Business Loan Fund of Santa Barbara. WEV has provided entrepreneurial training to more than 4,000 women and more than $2.5 million in loans to local small businesses. Read more.
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Pacific Coast Business Times: Budget Cuts Imperil Job Creation Efforts |
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March 11, 2011 With the economy mincing along in a delicate recovery, you'd think your representatives in Washington would be moving Heaven and Texas to encourage small-business growth. You would be wrong..."Overnight we went from where the No. 1 issue was jobs, and when we woke up the next day it was the deficit," said Marsha Bailey, founder and CEO of Women's Economic Ventures. Read more.
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Pacific Coast Business Times: Deals of the Week |
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March 7, 2011 Chocolats du Calibressan in Carpinteria, a recent winner of a Family Business Award from the Business Times, is expanding to Santa Barbara with a second location. Husband-and-wife team [and WEV clients] Jean-Michel and Jill-Marie Carré recently signed a lease on 830 square feet at 1114 State St., in the La Arcada Courtyard. Read more.
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Santa Barbara News-Press: Sweetening Santa Barbara |
February 28, 2011 After three years in Carpinteria, the owners of Chocolats du Calibressan will bring their candies north to Santa Barbara. [WEV Clients] Jean-Michel and Jill-Marie Carrè have leased an 830-square-foot storefront in the La Arcada Courtyard at 1114 State St. Read more.
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Daily Sound: Pasch Bodies Makes Fitness Fun with Alternative Workouts |
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February 19, 2011 A new exercise studio opened in Paseo Nuevo with a bang this past New Year's Eve. Heidi Pasch, a long time top-flight gymnast and dancer, has been working as a personal trainer in the Santa Barbara area since 2008. Pasch says the assistance of WEV - Women's Economic Ventures - was invaluable in terms of networking and getting a "crash course" in business, including accounting and marketing. Read more.
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Pacific Coast Business Times: Tiny Firm Creating Big Tastes |
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February 11, 2011 From time to time, customers walk into Chocolats du CaliBressan in Carpinteria and say they just want plain milk chocolate, like the kind made in that town in central Pennsylvania. Jill-Marie Carré loves those customers...The Carrés started their business with almost nothing - since they'd lived abroad for so long they couldn't get credit in the United States. They ended up...with a loan from Women's Economic Ventures. Read more.
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Pacific Coast Business Times: The American Dream Built on Czech Glass |
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February 11, 2010 When Zdena Jiroutova and Michael Mendizza opened the second Z Folio Gallery a couple years ago in Monterey, the Great Recession was roaring to life. But through a combination of risk taking and careful management, they managed to flourish in the toughest of economic times...with the help of Women's Economic Ventures, [Jiroutova] eventually turned out a business plan and got a loan. Read more.
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Coastal View News: Spring WEV Course Set to Begin |
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February 10, 2011 Women's Economic Venture's next 14-week Self-Employment Training course starts in February in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties, and free orientations will be held during the month of January and early February. Read more (on page 2).
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