By Leticia Sandoval, WEV Spanish Program Coordinator This is the time of year when your calendar is filled with festive holiday events and mixers with friends and business colleagues. Take advantage of these gatherings to network with others and create…
Playing With Numbers
By Leah Gonzales, WEV Program Manager The organized and ambitious clients who sign up for WEV’s Smart Entrepreneurial Training course by our second enrollment deadline, have the opportunity to attend a ‘Plan for Success: Paper Napkin Financials’ workshop in advance…
How Do You Show Appreciation?
Two weeks ago, Lisa Champagne-Minyard wrote a post called Giving Thanks!, which explored how people can show appreciation and gratitude to vendors, employees and customers. She asked some members of the WEV family for tangible examples of how they enact…
Make EVERY Saturday “Small Business Saturday”
By Marsha Bailey, WEV Founder and CEO We Americans love our bargains and I’m no exception. I went to my first estate sale when I was 21 and bought an antique Norwegian seaman’s chest for $12. I still have it….
Giving Thanks!
By Lisa Champagne-Minyard, Thrive Program Manager As another year winds down and we find that the holidays are upon us, it is the perfect opportunity to express our thanks and appreciation to those who we depend on to support our…
Is That What You’re Wearing?
By Claire Anderson, WEV Santa Barbara Program Coordinator Have you ever put together a unique, fun, and perhaps daring outfit that you love and then heard these words as you’re walking out the door? “Oh, is that what you’re wearing?”…
A Nation of Givers
By Marsha Bailey, WEV Founder & CEO Contrary to some popular opinion, the United States is not a nation of takers, it is a nation of givers. According to Giving USA, Americans donated over $335 Billion to charity in 2013 –…
Is Crowdfunding Right For You?
By Devon Johnson, WEV’s Director of Lending Last week I spoke to our Fall 2014 Smart Entrepreneurial Training (SET) classes about business financing. As I planned my presentation, I thought it was important to include more information about crowdfunding. So…
Making a Habit of Reaching Your Goals
By Jennifer Burks, Thrive Program Assistant Habits fill our daily lives. In some ways, they serve a wonderful purpose – to free our minds from thinking through each mundane task at hand. But beyond washing dishes or making coffee, habits…
Spooky Credit Myths
By Devon Johnson, WEV’s Director of Lending I was having coffee the other day with a girlfriend and we got to talking about credit reports and credit scores – yes, I know, that probably doesn’t sound like the most interesting…