Last week, during Global Entrepreneurship Week, I kicked off the FastTrac Global Women’s Summit at the Kauffman Foundation in Kansas City with an opening address focused on the key global and domestic trends in women’s entrepreneurship today. So, naturally, I touched on some of the most recent knowledge from the World Economic Forum’s 2011 Global [...]
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A Womenabling Manifesto
Posted in business, high growth entrepreneurship, political advocacy, women's business development, women's business ownership, women's enterprise development, women-owned business, tagged empowering women, Julie Weeks, women's business development, women's empowerment, women's enterprise, women's entrepreneurship, women-owned business, Womenable on November 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Ruminations on the Women’s Enterprise Movement
Posted in International development issues, women's business development, women's business ownership, women's enterprise development, women-owned business, tagged Julie Weeks, United Kingdom, women's business development, women's enterprise, women's entrepreneurship, Womenable on July 2, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I’ve been traveling lately, participating in a panel on the value of mentors and role models for would-be women business owners, presenting a paper on what gets missed when business enabling environment assessments don’t include gender, speaking at the We Own It Summit in London – and meeting with a group of women’s business advocates [...]
Growth of Women-Owned Firms Continues, But Keeps Pace Only Until 100 Employee and $1M Revenue Marks
Posted in business, statistics, women business owners, women's business development, women's business ownership, women's enterprise development, women's business research studies, women-owned business, tagged American Express OPEN, business, statistics, US Census Bureau, women's business development, women's enterprise, women-owned business, Womenable on March 31, 2011 | 1 Comment »
A new analysis of recently-released Census data on women-owned enterprises in the United States finds that the growth in the number of women-owned firms continues at rates exceeding the national average, and that growth in revenue and employment keeps up the pace with all firms, but only until women-owned firms reach the 100-employee level or [...]
Growing into New Markets: The Power of Procurement
Posted in business, women business owners, women's business development, women's business ownership, women's enterprise development, women's business research studies, tagged economic impact, procurement, women's business development, women's enterprise, women's entrepreneurship, women-owned business, Womenable on March 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
After a decades-long battle, a Women-Owned Small Business Federal Contract Program is now in place at the US Small Business Administration. Truth be told, the 10-year fight to get the law calling for this program implemented was just the tip of the iceberg. Way back when women business owners and their organizations (NAWBO and AWED [...]
Musings on Women’s History Month
Posted in business, women's business ownership, women's enterprise development, tagged Julie Weeks, women's business development, women's empowerment, women's enterprise, women's entrepreneurship, Women's History Month, Womenable on February 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
On a recent trip to Washington, DC, to – what else – advocate for women’s economic empowerment in my new role as Chair of the Association of Women’s Business Centers, I was catching up on my business magazine reading. I ran across an article about “do it yourself” animated movie-making, and I thought it sounded [...]
