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Ventures Marketplace Stories of Resilience: Art Maranta Illustrations
“I didn’t know what I had before Ventures” Seven years ago, Amaranta Sandys was a single mother working part-time jobs and wishing she had more independence to raise her son. Without support from family, however, it was hard to image maintaining financial stability...
Ventures Marketplace Stories of Resilience: Fusion in Glass
“My grandma said that I was her last big project.” Kyle Kinsey learned glasswork from his grandmother. A professor at Green River Community College, she took her grandson under her wing and demanded hard work in return. “I was working like crazy, doing 60-hour weeks,”...
Local Low-Income Entrepreneurs Showcase Resilience with the Ventures Marketplace Re-Opening (Nov 13-15)
Small business incubator in the heart of Pike Place makes it easy for Seattleites to support local businesses owned by women, people of color, and immigrants this holiday season. SEATTLE—2020 has been a challenging year for local small business owners, especially...
Why Ventures CARES More
Ventures borrows funds from the Small Business Administration (SBA) as an intermediary lender to then lend to Ventures clients. We have been an SBA intermediary lender for 17 years. With the CARES Act in place, we are pleased that the SBA is making up to six months of...
VENTURES ENTREPRENEURS
Announcing Ventures’ Five Year Strategic Framework 2022 – 2026
In 2021, Ventures’ Board of Directors and staff team accomplished a bold task: the development of a Five Year Strategic Framework for the years 2022 – 2026. The new plan is ambitious, visionary, and committed to powerfully amplifying the impact of our mission: to...
COURSES & WORKSHOPS
Our Winter Programs
If you stop by the Ventures office on any weeknight this month, you'll see our entrepreneurs working on their business. And they are working hard. The New Year has brought another quarter of programming at Ventures. It’s been great to see our business owners reconnect...
ADVOCACY
Want Homemade Tamales? You’ll Have to Wait
Why our Microenterprise Home Kitchens proposal “died” in the state legislature this year.