The Psychological Reasons Women Fall In Love With Entrepreneurship
There are many different reasons people become entrepreneurs: having a great idea, being ready to chart a new career course, and wanting to take more risks than the corporate world allows are just a few. Women are entering the field of business at an unprecedented rate; NAWBO states that almost forty percent of American businesses are now owned by women.
Read MoreThe National Women’s Business Council’s Latest Report on Women Business Owners’ Access to Markets
The National Women’s Business Council today released a new research report, analyzing obstacles that women business owners face in their access to customer markets:Understanding the Landscape: Access to Markets for Women Entrepreneurs.
Read MoreThese 7 Organizations Help Women Business Owners Run Their Businesses
Being a woman business owner offers particular challenges that are not faced by male entrepreneurs. Women entrepreneurs traditionally face systematic discrimination when looking for venture capital or traditional lending, searching for mentors, and even being taken seriously by other entrepreneurs at networking events.
Read MoreWhere are the Resources for Women Owned Businesses?
Women-owned businesses run into a funding and financing gap that can impede their success. Thankfully, there are quite a few resources available to them.
Read MoreWhat is H.R. 5050 - The Women's Business Ownership Act
H.R. 5050 - The Women's Business Ownership Act was passed in 1988 with the help of the National Association Women Business Owners (NAWBO). H.R. 5050 addressed the needs of women in business by giving women entrepreneurs recognition, resources, and by eliminating discriminatory lending practices by banks that favored male business owners.
Read MoreHow Maria Sharapova Celebrates Being A Power Woman
When I first started out as an entrepreneur, just about six years ago with the launch of my candy company, Sugarpova, I had no true sense of the great challenges ahead: the learning curve, the ups and downs. I was 25 and invested six figures into the business.
Read MoreCongress must pass new legislation to support women-owned businesses: NAWBO
Ohio is home to more than 305,000 small businesses owned by women, according to the latest Survey of Business Owners by the Census Bureau. Hundreds of thousands of women own their own firms and contribute to their Ohio communities.
Read MoreNAWBO CEO, Jen Earle, Leads the Way to a New Era of Opportunity for Women Business Owners
2018 marks the 30-year anniversary of H.R. 5050 – The Women’s Business Ownership Act, which eliminated the requirement that a woman needed a man’s signature to secure a business loan. Today, there are 40 million small businesses in the United States, 30% of which are owned by women. Having equal access to business financing is one of the primary reasons for this growth. Jen Earle, who serves as CEO of the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO), believes in the power of change.
Read More‘Depressing and inspiring’: Study finds 5% of Washington tech companies founded by women
New research from the Washington Technology Industry Association shows how wide the gender gap is among the state’s startup founders. WTIA collected data on 400 active tech companies in Washington that are at least two years old and have raised a seed round investment or more. It found just five percent of companies started by women.
Read MoreMediaplanet and Entrepreneur and TV Personality Team Up to Empower Women in Business
The Mediaplanet Women in Business campaign found within USA TODAY and online, not only highlights the importance of female entrepreneurship, it discusses the tools of successes that empower all women of all backgrounds to overcome any obstacle
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