Britt Willey, the owner of Lacewing, shares her motivations, business aspirations, and how Ventures has supported her as an entrepreneur.
Lacewing: Beautiful and Delicate While Tough and Functional
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Our Entrepreneurs
Tiger Lily Yoga: A Yoga Studio That Feels Like Home
Our next featured business is Tiger Lily Yoga, a yoga studio in the Rainier Valley. Emily Iverson started Tiger Lily nearly a year ago and has already become a community-building business in their neighborhood. Ventures provided Emily with pre-business training and...
Business Spotlight: The Troubadour Baker
The Troubadour Baker is a purveyor of finely crafted sweets and savories. “It was always my plan to go into business with my dad,” says Michael Seidel. After years of box office ticket sales, Michael says he “wanted the security of being in business for myself.”...
El Chito Gourmet Tamales
We sat down with Marlo Aguilar, the proud owner of El Chito Gourmet Tamales, to learn more about how he started his business.
VENTURES ENTREPRENEURS
Applications Are Open for Ventures’ 2022 Spring Mini – Grants
Each spring since 2020, Ventures has deployed mini-grants to small businesses for support with start-up, growth, and recovery. The Spring Mini-Grant program started in 2020 as an emergency response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The initial Mini-Grant fund was created with...
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.