(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
(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
(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…
WEV Announces Founder’s Retirement and Names Successor
(May 13, 2019) Women’s Economic Ventures (WEV) announced this week that its founder and CEO, Marsha Bailey, will retire next year after 30 years at the helm. Her successor will be Kathy Odell, an accomplished…
9th Annual Spirit of Entrepreneurship Awards Reveals Winners
(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…
Malibu to Palisades Lifestyle Magazine Article
(April 29, 2019) WEV’s disaster recovery efforts were recently featured in the Malibu to Palisades Lifestyle Magazine. Read “Empowering Women in Business” here.
Women’s Economic Ventures forma alianza con Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara para Lanzar Programa de Emprendimiento en español
(21 de marzo 2019) Women’s Economic Ventures (WEV), en asociación con Housing Authority of the City of Santa Bárbara (HACSB), se complace en anunciar el lanzamiento piloto de su nuevo programa de entrenamiento, Explorando el Emprendimiento. El curso se llevará…
Women’s Economic Ventures Partners with the Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara to Launch Pilot Program
(March 21, 2019) Women’s Economic Ventures (WEV), in partnership with the Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara (HACSB), is excited to announce the pilot launch of its Spanish-language 5-week, 4-session course, Explorando el Emprendimiento, set to begin April…
Driving Business Performance – what’s on your DASHBOARD?
(February 21, 2019) By Nicki Parr, WEV’s Business Resilience Specialist If you have been following these SmartMoney articles for a little while, you will realize by now that I am particularly keen on two main areas: Preparedness and Action! My…
New Year’s Resolution #1: This January I WILL do a Cash Flow Forecast for my business!
(January 8, 2019) By Nicki Parr, WEV’s Business Recovery Specialist It is the start of a new year and a time to look forward with hope and optimism for the next 12 months. 2018 was a challenging year for many…