(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…
“Dream Big” This National Small Business Week, May 4-8
By Maria Contreras-Sweet Administrator, U.S. Small Business Administration With apologies to baseball and your mother’s apple pie, nothing is more American than National Small Business Week. Our country was founded by risk-taking pioneers in search of new horizons. More than…
Meet WEV’s Fabulous Instructors!
By Leah Gonzales, WEV Program Manager Pictured above are WEV’s current instructors: Sergio Zepeda (Spanish, Santa Maria); Gonzalo Fernandez (Spanish, Oxnard); Julie Samson (English, Santa Barbara); Armando Sahagun (Spanish, Oxnard); Paula Crutchley (English, Ventura County);…
Do I Really Have What It Takes?
By Leah Gonzales, WEV Training Program Manager Labor Day signals ‘back to school’ for many, and here at WEV we welcomed nearly 100 clients in to the Fall Smart Entrrepreneurial Training (SET) course. Like in many classrooms, the first few…