I attempted to launch my business multiple times since 2001 and always quit for one reason or another. No matter what I did differently to start the business, I always stopped short. But I wasn't willing to give up on myself and continued to press on.

One day I came to the realization that although I was a master of my craft, I went to art school, not business school, and I had no idea what I was doing in terms of the business. I thought much of it would just be common sense, and it is to an extent, but there was so much more I needed to know.  And that's when I found WEV's Self -Employment and Training Course, just in the knick of time before I quit again.

Something happened once I enrolled with WEV that completely launched my business and to this day I can not explain what that magic, what that shift was.  But everything changed in those 14 weeks for the better of my business; I had a 15-page business plan I was completely proud of, I was incredibly empowered with my newfound business knowledge, and I was surrounded by "a village of women" who's mission was to see me succeed.

I can only imagine where I would be if I taken this course seven years ago. Thank you WEV for all you've done and the work you continue to do.


Allyson Purcell
Principle/Designer
Stanley Avenue
(A new kind of creative company for all things to give and receive!)