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Small Business Owners: Start the Year with Savvy and Confidence

Lysa UrbanPressbusiness coaching, business loan, entrepreneurs, self-employment training, small business, small business growth, women entrepreneurs, women owned businessesJanuary 3, 2020

(January 2, 2020)  Founder and CEO Emeritus Marsha Bailey started Women’s Economic Ventures (WEV) in 1991 with the idea that empowering a woman to start her own business could improve her economic situation and grant her more independence.  WEV’s work…

Women’s Economic Ventures Honors Local Entrepreneur Graduates, Small Business Owners and Million Dollar Club Inductee

Lysa UrbanPressDecember 12, 2019

(December 12, 2019)    Women’s Economic Ventures Honors Local Entrepreneur Graduates, Small Business Owners and Million Dollar Club Inductee WEV’s Celebration acknowledges the big impact made by small businesses in our local economy. Ventura, CA — Women’s Economic Ventures (WEV)…

WEV Honors Trailblazer, Volunteer and Business of the Year Award Winners at “Empowerment is Priceless” Fundraiser

Lysa UrbanPressOctober 30, 2019

(October 30, 2019) Women’s Economic Ventures Honors Trailblazer, Volunteer, and Business of the Year Award Winners at “Empowerment is Priceless” Fundraiser Annual event raises funds to support local entrepreneurs Women’s Economic Ventures (WEV) raised more than $220,000 to support local…

WEV’s Smart Money: It’s October in California…are you Freezing yet?

Lysa UrbanPressSeptember 23, 2019

(October 1, 2019)  WEV’s Smart Money: It’s October in California…are you Freezing yet? Last month (September) was National Preparedness month and one of the tips we included in our Preparedness postcard was Freezing Your Credit. I heard from many people…

SBA Awards $5 Million in PRIME Grants to Help Emerging Micro-entrepreneurs Gain Access to Capital

Lysa UrbanPressSeptember 20, 2019

(September 20, 2019) Release Number: 19-51 Contact: Miryam Mora Barajas, Miryam.MoraBarajas@sba.gov Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Blogs & Instagram SBA Awards $5 Million in PRIME Grants to Help Emerging Micro-entrepreneurs Gain Access to Capital SBA Awards $150,000 to Service Disadvantaged…

Business Owners Encouraged to Attend Free Presentation on Business Resilience and Disaster Recovery, Presented by WEV on September 25

Lysa UrbanPressSeptember 20, 2019

(September 20, 2019) Business Owners Encouraged to Attend Free Presentation on Business Resilience and Disaster Recovery, Presented by Women’s Economic Ventures on September 25 September is National Preparedness Month and Women’s Economic Ventures (WEV) is helping businesses learn how to…

WEV’s Smart Money: Prepare your business for the unexpected

Lysa UrbanPressAugust 26, 2019

(August 26, 2019)  Is your business ready to face the unexpected? September is National Preparedness month and WEV has compiled a list of actions you can take to mitigate the effect an unplanned (or scheduled*) interruption may have on your…

WEV’s Smart Money: Sales Forecasting – the science behind the art

Lysa UrbanPressJuly 29, 2019

(July 29, 2018)  Excerpt of article published September 17, 2018 by Robin Booth on Brixx.com.  Edited version by Nicki Parr, WEV’s Business Recovery Specialist. Is sales forecasting just an arbitrary guessing game? Not at all! Successful sales forecasts need to…

$238,500 in Grants Awarded to Small Businesses Impacted by the Hill/Woolsey Fires

Lysa UrbanPressJuly 16, 2019

(July 15, 2019) $238,500 in Grants Awarded to Small Businesses Impacted by the Hill/Woolsey Fires Women’s Economic Ventures (WEV) announces 38 business recovery grant recipients from Los Angeles, Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties. Women’s Economic Ventures (WEV), a non-profit based…

9th Annual Spirit of Entrepreneurship Awards Reveals Winners

Lysa UrbanPressMay 9, 2019

(May 9, 2019)  12 Local Women Entrepreneurs and 6 Student Entrepreneurs Honored It was not until Caroline MacDougall, Founder & CEO of Teeccino and previous SOE award winner, opened the envelope and read “the winner is…” that the 30 finalists…

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