Category: Women
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Support Women-Owned Businesses this Holiday Season
After a flurry of special shopping days like Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday, it is time to support women-owned businesses. The first Wednesday after Thanksgiving is marked as WomenWednesday and is meant to promote women-owned and women-led businesses and causes.
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Women’s Entrepreneurship Day!
Today is the second annual Women’s Entrepreneurship Day (WED), a day dedicated to celebrating, honoring and supporting women entrepreneurs throughout the world. The inaugural WED was held last year in New York City at the United Nations and was recognized by 144 countries. In addition to entrepreneurship, this is also a day to empower women…
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A Positive Trend in Women’s Representation in the Nation’s Boardrooms
The latest Gender Diversity Index report by 2020 Women On Boards shows a positive trend in women’s representation in the nation’s boardrooms . 2020 Women on Boards is a nonprofit organization founded by two women who were disconcerted by the lack of women in corporate boardrooms. They have been striving to get people involved to…
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NWBC Salutes Women Veteran Business Owners
The first week of November is set aside for National Veteran’s Small Business Week and this year, the National Women’s Business Council (NWBC) is honoring women veteran business owners. Women who have served in the military are heroes, and when they decide to start a business that can employ other women or provide employment to…
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E-Learning: How the SBA Can Help Women- and Minority-Owned Businesses
“Learning never exhausts the mind,” said Leonardo da Vinci and that is the absolute truth. If you have the passion to learn new things and better yourself, your life will be rich in every sense of the word.
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Strengthening the Women’s Culture
“There is a special place in hell for women who don’t help other women.” –Madeleine Albright What a profound statement! It is with the same fervor as Madeleine Albright that NAWRB supports other women. Like the first female U.S. Secretary of State, we believe that other women, organizations, companies in the public and private sectors…
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The Success of Women-Owned Middle Market Firms
A recent report from American Express and Dun & Bradstreet, Middle Market Power Index: The Growing Economic Clout of Diverse Middle Market Firms, reveals that women- and minority-owned middle market businesses are growing at a faster pace than average commercially-active businesses.
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Top 10 Colleges for Women Entrepreneurs
When it comes to success, nobody does it alone. From Fortune 500 CEOs to your local mom and pop shop owner, everyone has received help along the way. Support is crucial in the early stages of one’s endeavors; it can inspire invaluable belief and confidence in the person receiving it. Women entrepreneurs are one group…
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The Momentum of Female Entrepreneurs
Women business owners and their businesses are booming. These enterprises are securing more funding, growing in number and effecting a serious change on the American economy. This week, the Women Presidents’ Organization (WPO) released their Business Outlook survey reporting that the revenue, compensation and staffing for women-owned businesses are growing.
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Promoting Women to Executive Positions
In their recent study Women in Leadership in the Real Estate and Land Use Industry, the Urban Land Institute (ULI) proposes strategies for the promotion of women to executive roles within the housing industry. The report was published by the ULI Women’s Leadership Initiative (WLI) which surveyed 1,234 female ULI members and focus groups comprised…