A new survey conducted among small business owners who are active federal government contractors finds that their investment of time and money seeking contracting opportunities has increased by 21% over the past year, as federal contract spending has declined 12%. This and other facts come from Trends in Federal Contracting for Small Businesses, a new [...]
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Federal Contracts Requiring Larger Investment for Small Businesses
Posted in business, federal procurement, tagged American Express OPEN, business, federal procurement, women's business development, Womenable on December 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Ruby – a Gem of a Women’s Entrepreneurship Program
Posted in business, women's business development, women's enterprise development, women's leadership, tagged business, corporate women's markets, Global Banking Alliance for Women, Ruby Connection, Westpac Bank, women's business development, women's empowerment, women's enterprise, Womenable on October 30, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I’m just back from Oz, where I joined the board of a wonderful organization – the Global Banking Alliance for Women. Their annual summit, which brought together nearly 100 executives from financial institutions and financial inclusion NGOs from (by my count) 18 countries, was hosted this year in Sydney, Australia by one of the four [...]
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 [...]
Trends Among Women-Owned Enterprises in the US: Insights from New Census Data
Posted in business, statistics, women's business ownership, women's enterprise development, tagged business, economic impact, missing middle, US Census Bureau, women's business development, women's enterprise, women's entrepreneurship, women-owned business on December 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Back in July, the US Census Bureau published preliminary estimates of the number and overall growth of women-owned enterprises as of 2007 at a national level. At that time, we learned that: There are 7.8 million majority women-owned firms in the US, accounting for 29% of all businesses in the country, These enterprises employ 7.6 [...]
Celebrating the Power of Numbers
Posted in business, statistics, women's enterprise development, tagged business, economic impact, empowering women, gender equality, statistics, United Nations, women's empowerment, women-owned business on October 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Where would we be without numbers? We womenablers know well that women business owners would still be all but invisible if not for statistics that show: women are starting businesses at a faster rate than their male counterparts, despite that fact, women-owned firms lag all firms with respect to number of employees and revenues, and [...]
