NAWBO Partner Releases Report: The growth of women-owned businesses, in hard numbers
Women-owned businesses are growing, expanding and hyper-focused on being local, first and foremost.
Read MoreEqual Pay Day: How big is the gap for African-American women?
Melissa Wylie, Bizwomen reporter Aug 23, 2016, 11:41am EDT Equal Pay Day falls in the first weeks of April, signifying how far into the year women must work to earn as much as men. But African-American women must wait even longer — until today, to be exact – to reach parity. That’s because instead of earning the national average of 79 cents on the dollar, African-American women earn 60 cents for every dollar white men earn.
Read MoreFemale small business owners say glass ceiling still exists
August 4, 2016 The Guardian, Jana Kasperkevic in New York
Read MoreState Senator, Charleta B. Tavares, to be Panelist at NAWBO National Women’s Business Conference
NAWBO Announces Ohio State Senator Charleta B. Tavares will serve as Pathways to Public Service Panelist at National Women’s Business Conference.
Read MoreElizabeth Blount McCormick 2016 NAWBO Columbus Visionary Award Honoree
The National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO), Columbus chapter, is proud to announce Elizabeth Blount McCormick, President and Co-Owner of UNIGLOBE Travel Designers, as the 2016 Visionary Award Honoree.
Read MoreLt. Governor Kim Reynolds is a Pathways to Public Service Panelist at WBC
National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) National Announces Iowa Lt. Governor Kim Reynolds will serve as Pathways to Public Service Panelist.
Read MoreJen Earle, NAWBO CEO, Appointed to National Women's Business Council
WASHINGTON – Maria Contreras-Sweet, Administrator for the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), announced today that she has appointed two new members to the National Women’s Business Council (NWBC). Effective immediately, Jen Earle, CEO of the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO), and Rose Wang, serial entrepreneur and Women Impacting Public Policy Representative, will each serve a three-year appointment to the council, which advises the President, Members of Congress and the SBA on important issues that impact women business owners, leaders, and entrepreneurs.
Read MoreNAWBO: New leader on helping women — and catching the bad guys
JACKSONVILLE — There’s really only one thing you need to know about Teresa Meares, who is being inducted as chair of the National Association of Women Business Owners Friday.
Read MoreWhat these NAWBO leaders learned at a national summit
Last week, The White House hosted its first ever United State of Women Summit. Spear-headed by Michelle Obama in her final months as First Lady, the summit – or "movement" as the White House terms it – seeks to continue to advance gender equality issues both domestically and internationally. I spoke with Two North Texas women, Crystal Arredondo and Darla Beggs, who ventured to Washington, D.C., for the invitation-only event to take part in panels, discussions and lectures on topics ranging from equal pay to increasing access to credit for women.
Read MoreOrange County Register Recognizes Loreen Gilbert
Orange County Register Recognizes Loreen Gilbert as The 2016 NAWBO Orange County Business Owner of the Year.
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