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(April 5, 2022) Small Business Trends article: What is a Women’s Business Center By Annie Pilon Women entrepreneurs face unique challenges when starting businesses, from lack of funding to difficulty finding mentors and partners. Women’s business centers aim to help…

(March 29, 2022) Program de emprendedores para migrantes en el condado de Ventura Telemundo 52 – Los Angeles news story about WEV’s Emprendedores Program Even if you don’t speak Spanish, you can still feel the pride, joy and determination of…

(March 25, 2022) Pacific Coast Business Times article: Empowering Women As Entrepreneurs By Tony Biasotti Staff Writer Kathy Odell found out early in her career that she had a gift for taking someone’s idea and turning it into a sustainable…

(March 17, 2022) Montecito Journal article: Women’s Equal Pay Day, March 15 Written by Kelly Mahan Herrick Tuesday, March 15 is known as Equal Pay Day, a public service awareness event to illustrate the gap between men’s and women’s wages.…

(March 10, 2022) Women’s Economic Ventures Receives $40,000 Donation on International Women’s Day from Koolaburra by UGG Southern California-based lifestyle brand steps up support for female entrepreneurs. Santa Barbara and Ventura, CA – Koolaburra by UGG, in partnership with Ashley…

(March 6, 2022) VC Star, Guest Column by Kathy Odell: A Wave of Women Entrepreneurs Arises During Pandemic WEV CEO Kathy Odell Tuesday is International Women’s Day. In recent years IWD has been a time to recognize achievements made by…

(December 7, 2021) Women’s Economic Ventures Selected for $105,000 Award to Support Small & Minority-Owned Business Lending  Santa Barbara and Ventura counties, CA — Women’s Economic Ventures (WEV) will receive $105,000 in funding to aid small businesses that have been…

(November 17, 2021) Bank of America Names Women’s Economic Ventures as Neighborhood Champion for their Support of Women and Minority-Owned Businesses in Ventura and Santa Barbara Program Provides $50,000 in Grant Funding and Virtual Leadership Training Santa Barbara and Ventura,…

(November 8, 2021) Ventura County Participants Announced for Women’s Economic Ventures (WEV) Forgivable Business Loan & Coaching Program Local minority and women-owned small businesses to receive no-cost training and forgivable funding to assist them in rebounding from the COVID-19 pandemic.…

(October 31, 2021) Women’s Economic Ventures Fundraiser Honors Small-Business Owners Lili Muñoz, Elsa Cisneros Former state Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson receives Trailblazer Award, and Santa Barbara Public Library is named Partner of Year Women’s Economic Ventures Client of the Year honoree…