Category: Success Story

June 30, 2016

In mid-2015, Martín Madriz found himself uncertain how to get his waffles off of the griddle and into grocery stores.…

June 1, 2016

May 26, 2016

Just how well is she doing? Her first year the business brought in $209,000, and at the end of 2015,…

May 11, 2016

Vicente Quintana started El Nopalito Produce in Watsonville, CA with a 30-pound box of cactus paddles. In six years, he…

December 10, 2015

Colombian immigrants Nancy and David Ortiz have been running Buenaventura Travel Agency since 1983, but needed to upgrade their equipment…

November 6, 2015

Women's Economic Ventures helped Aureliano Lopez formalize his business, and put him on a solid footing so he can expand…

October 12, 2015

September 17, 2015

A loan from Fresno CDFI in 2014 helped Jatinder Mann purchase the store that he had been leasing for the…

September 3, 2015

Daniel Yoshimi and Jennifer Yannella had the passion and funding to open their own business, but needed help from WEV…

August 20, 2015

Despite having run two successful restaurants, banks considered Paul LaRocco's pizzeria "too new" because he was self-employed. Thankfully, Pacific Coast…