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Women’s Economic Ventures (WEV) recently celebrated the accomplishments of ten men and women graduating from the WEV’s Basic Spanish Self-Employment Training program.
Students in the four week course explored the risks and benefits of starting a business and important characteristics needed to become a successful entrepreneur, all while evaluating their own strengths and abilities.
Graduates left the course with an understanding of whether they are ready to take the next steps in launching their own business. Some businesses and business concepts include eldercare, a seafood restaurant, an arcade, and a baptism clothing store.
“Today these graduates took a small but important step in determining their readiness for starting their own business,” said Leticia Sandoval, WEV Spanish Program Coordinator. “We are excited to see what the next few months brings for each graduate.”
Advanced Spanish Self-Employment Training (SSET)
The next step to starting a business is WEV’s 14- week Advanced Self-Employment Training course. The program provides week-by-week training on topics including finances, marketing and sales, public relations and advertising, legal and insurance issues, record keeping, and how to set goals. Participants leave the course with a complete business plan including a marketing plan, a cash flow projection, an operations plan, and a core network to help sustain the business.
The next Advanced Spanish Self-Employment Training course in Spanish begins Wednesday, March 16th in Oxnard. Interested participants can call for more information or to make an individual appointment.
The last day to register is Friday, March 11th. For more information or to register for an orientation, contact Leticia Sandoval, Spanish Program Coordinator at 805-456-2341.
About Women’s Economic Ventures (WEV): Women’s Economic Ventures is dedicated to creating an equitable and just society through the economic empowerment of women. WEV provides training, consulting and loans to help entrepreneurs start, grow and thrive in business. WEV serves all of Santa Barbara and Ventura counties from offices in Santa Barbara, Ventura and Santa Maria. While WEV targets its services toward women, it serves men as well, and provides many services in English and Spanish.
Since 1991, WEV has provided business training and consulting to over 14,000 women and men throughout Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties, and made more than $4 million in loans, assisting over 4,000 local businesses. WEV is a U.S. Small Business Administration’s Women’s Business Center, and a certified Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI).
WEV is celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2016! To learn more, visit the web site at www.wevonline.org or Facebook under “WEV en Español.