VEDC Women's Business Center

Dear Friends and Family of the VEDC Women's Business Center, We regret to inform you that VEDC will no longer be providing workshops. Our deepest apologies to those who RSVP’d for workshops or had appointments scheduled. All of those events have been cancelled and, at this time, will not be rescheduled. For any other questions or issues please email [email protected]. ... If you are seeking assistance please visit one of the many free resources available to you such as SBA’s Women’s Business Centers, Small Business Development Centers, SCORE, or the City of LA BusinessSource Centers. To find the location nearest you please utilize the following links: BusinessSource Center Locations & Contact Information: https://business.lacity.org/resources/service-centers SBA Los Angeles District Office: https://www.sba.gov/offices/district/ca/glendale Find your closest SBA Resources Partner: https://www.sba.gov/local-assistance/find/ If you are seeking financing there are a number of safe alternative lenders that are Certified Development Financial Institutions or SBA lenders. List of approved Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs): https://www.cdfifund.gov//certific/cdfi/Pages/default.aspx (click on View the list of certified CDFIs SBA Lender Match (Matches you with an appropriate bank, SBA lender, or CDFI): https://www.sba.gov/funding-programs/loans/lender-match We appreciate all the interest you have shown through the years and have been happy to serve you and the community. We wish you and your business a most prosperous future. Regards, VEDC

Hope you can join us today at noon.

Welcome to the New Economics for Women, an SBA Women’s Business Center We are very excited to announce the opening of a new Women's Business Center in the San Fernando Valley! It is the perfect moment to launch these services, open to all residents in Los Angeles and the surrounding cities in Los Angeles County, when so many small businesses need support, information and resources. New Economics for Women is located in Canoga Park at the TDS Community Center at 7500 Alabama... Ave. Our phone number is 213-483-2060, ext. 401. Since it is important to stay connected we will be providing services by phone, webinars and video chat. These services include: Online workshops with information on how to apply for an SBA loan Walking you through the process and paperwork necessary to apply Guiding you through the process of read your financial statements Brainstorming and advising you on how to market and pivot your business to respond to the current crisis and many more The best part is that all our services are free. We are your business community resource centeryou are not alone, and we are here to help. We invite you to visit our website and book a 30-minute appointment. Get your list of questions ready because we are here to answer them. Follow us on Facebook for the most updated information and be on the look out of our upcoming Face Mask Contest for small businesses launching tomorrow, Wednesday!!! We will have many fun activities and events and you want to be connected. Don't hesitate to get in touchwe are here to help you and together we can get through these tough times. And don’t forget if we follow the recommendations of social distancing now, we can get back to in-person activities sooner! Irene Vazquez, Julieta Harutyanyun and Ruth Garcia-Corrales

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Conéctate a nuestro webinar Gratis de Licencias y permisos a las 12:00PM. Solo sigue el link para registrarte. Link: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bCRIkqXeSAaFr5pEagf21g Descripción: El taller lo ayudará a conocer las estructuras comerciales y las licencias y permisos necesarios que su empresa pueda necesitar. También aprenderá cómo completar solicitudes para varias licencias y otros documentos legales para su negocio.

The number of US adults age 50 and older who are working or looking for work has grown significantly over the past decade, and is expected to increase. By 2022, 35% of the US labor will be 50 or older compared to just 25% in 2002.

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Learning is Earning! Take our Excel class and learn: Excel in person class #1 We will work for three hours on the following topics: Creating Worksheets, Moving Around Worksheet, Using Shortcut Keys, Aligning Data in a Worksheet, Erasing Part of the Worksheet, Entering Formulas in Cells, Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division.... Excel in person class #2 We will work for three hours on the following topics: Automatic Summation, Center Across Many Columns, Borders and shading, Gridlines, Making Changes in a Worksheet, Changing Column Width, Inserting or Deleting Rows and Columns, Moving and Copying Ranges. Excel in person class #3 We will work for three hours on the following topics: Copying Formulas, Formatting the Worksheet Numbers, Fonts, Headers and Footers, Freezing and Unfreezing Headings, Margins, Landscape and Portrait Print, Multiple Worksheets, Naming Worksheets, Linking Worksheets Data. Sign up for the three classes for $100 or each one for $35. The workbooks if optional and the cost will be $25. https://www.eventbrite.com/man/events/82033910635/basicinfo

The backbone of success is hard work, determination, good planning, and perseverance. Mia Hamm Business Plan Boot camp is Saturday, December 7th RSVP today! https://bit.ly/35JovrC