At the beginning of 2016, the National Women’s Business Council (NWBC) released the 2015 annual report detailing the current state and progress of women-owned businesses in the U.S. The report identified several breakthroughs for women entrepreneurs, among them the fact that there are 10 million women-owned businesses in the country, these firms employ 8 million workers and generate $1.4 trillion in revenue, between 2002 and 2012 women-owned companies grew at a rate 2.5 times the national average and women entrepreneurs account for 36 percent of all businesses.
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