On March 20 Women’s Economic Ventures (WEV, pronounced “weave”) hosted an award ceremony at the Santa Maria Valley Discovery Museum to grant $412,500 to
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By Midge Campbell-Thomas By Women’s Economic Ventures Women-owned businesses comprised nearly half of all new businesses created last year, compared to 29% in 2019, just before the COVID-19 pandemic. Today, there are more than 12 million women-owned businesses nationally that employ more than 10 million people. Collectively, these female entrepreneurs generate nearly $1.8 trillion in revenue annually more than the entire
Graduation ceremonies were held between May 2 through May 11 in Oxnard and Santa Paula to commemorate 90 small business owners who completed the Women’s Economic Ventures Emprendimiento Program. The program is a free, eight-week business training program taught in Spanish to help entrepreneurial Hispanic and Indigenous Ventura County community members. According to a press release