Women-owned small businesses are growing at a strong rate. Approximately 22% of new registrants on my company’s lending platform in July 2012 were owned by women. Overall, more than 8.3 million firms — or 29% of all businesses — are now owned by...
WASHINGTON, March 11, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) is announcing today its partnership with Sheryl Sandberg and LeanIn.Org, an organization dedicated to combining practical education and focused...
Small-business owners can also be a big asset for political campaigns because of their connections and stature in a community. Cynthia McClain-Hill, president of the National Association of Women Business Owners, supports Sen. Obama and in late May hosted a breakfast...
THE CENTER FOR WOMEN’S BUSINESS RESEARCH REPORTS that of all minority-owned businesses, 42% are owned by women. Women of color employ L6 million people and generate nearly $230 billion in annual sales. Cynthia McClain-Hill, president of the National Association...
The push for more contracts for female-owned businesses comes as increasing numbers of women are running their own companies and looking for ways to expand. Many women, including Ms. Bierman, argue that a lack of defined guidelines for contracts for female-owned...
Any entrepreneur who’s been through a business turnaround might have some empathy for the folks at the Small Business Administration. During the past eight years, the SBA has been, generally speaking, underfunded, underutilized, and underloved. But it...
Involved in organizations that aid women and women of color, NAWBO President Cynthia McClain-Hill considers her professional talents a way to contribute to the civic well-being of her world. Attorney Cynthia McClain-Hill describes herself as an accidental...
Expanding your business is always tough, and never more so than in the midst of a long-running economic slump. But women and minority entrepreneurs, who together own more than 10 million U.S. businesses, have access to more resources than they might realize. These...
“A lot the companies we serve are small, but they have their sights on becoming bigger,” said Scanlon, an executive with NAWBO (the National Association of Women Business Owners) “They are thinking bigger. We adopted that as our theme, and its really...
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