Just for You: Entrepreneurs
Sometimes, following your dreams means taking a risk. Going out on a limb is a lot easier when you’re not there alone. Here you’ll find inspiration and tools to help make your dreams a reality.
Featured Profile:
CHANTELLE LUDSKI
Founder & CEO,
Fresh! Gourmet Organics
From attorney, to MBA, to CEO — this Londoner seized an opportunity and made it happen.
Featured Guest Columnist:
Nan Langowitz
Associate Professor of Management, Babson College
Director and Cofounder, Center for Women’s Leadership
The Myths and Realities About Women Entrepreneurs
Women owned firms now account for nearly 40% of all U.S. businesses. Yet, media coverage is so low, we’ve coined the term “the invisible entrepreneurs.”
Feature Articles:
- Born to Be an Entrepreneur
Why do some entrepreneurs succeed where others fail? And do you have what it takes?
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- Entrepreneurship Offers Women Path to Power
Women are starting businesses at twice the rate of men. What motivates them? And will the trend continue?
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Organizations & Associations
- Forum For Women Entrepreneurs & ExecutivesFWE&E is an exclusive membership organization for the most powerful and influential businesswomen in the San Francisco Bay Area.
- National Association Of Women Business Owners
NAWBO helps women evolve their businesses by sharing resources and providing a single voice to shape economic and public policy.
- Women Entrepreneurs, Inc.
We Inc. is an association whose purpose is to help women entrepreneurs succeed through networking, educational programs and advocacy.
- Women’s Business Enterprise National Council
WBENC is the nation's leading advocate of women-owned businesses as suppliers to America 's corporations.
- The SBA's Office Of Women's Business OwnershipThe office provides a network of training, counseling and mentoring services to help women start and/or expand businesses. It offers information about national and local resources and programs for women entrepreneurs.
- Springboard Enterprises
Springboard Enterprises is a national, not-for-profit venture dedicated to increasing women's participation in the equity capital markets as both entrepreneurs and investors.
- Women-21
A federal one-stop resource designed for women entrepreneurs in the 21st century; site contains news, media links, information about pertinent legislation, networking events, and tools for small business owners, as well as links to partner organizations.
- National Women’s Business Owner’s Corporation
NWBOC is a not-for-profit organization which seeks to increase competition for corporate and government contracts by offering support to women business owners.
- The Center for Women’s Business Research
The Center turns research into knowledge - the most up-to-date and comprehensive knowledge about the 10.4 million businesses owned by women in the US. Since 1989, the Center has documented the economic and social contributions of women business owners and provided date-driven knowledge about this dynamic and expanding sector of the U.S. economy.
Websites:
- Kauffman eVenturing
Site geared to those who are building companies that innovate and create jobs and wealth. The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation works with partners to encourage entrepreneurship across America and improve the education of children and youth. The Foundation focuses its operations and grantmaking on two areas: entrepreneurship and education.
Books & Publications:
- Gatekeepers of Venture Growth:
A Diana Project Report on the Role and Participation of Women in the Venture Capital Industry
from the Kauffman Foundation
- Women Entrepreneurs Only:
12 Women Entrepreneurs Tell the Stories of Their Success
by Ernst & Young LLP, Gregory K. Ericksen
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