Attention all womenablers – updated intelligence on the state of women-owned businesses in the US is now available. The 2012 State of Women-Owned Businesses Report, commissioned by American Express OPEN and prepared by Womenable, reveals that: As of 2012, it is estimated that there are over 8.3 million women-owned businesses in the United States, generating [...]
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New Statistics on Economic Clout of Women-Owned Firms in US
Posted in business, statistics, women business owners, women's business development, women's business ownership, women-owned business, tagged statistics, women's business development, women's enterprise, women-owned business, Womenable on March 21, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Pearls from New GEM Women’s Report
Posted in women business owners, women's business development, women's business ownership, women's enterprise development, women's business research studies, women-owned business, tagged Babson College, Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, statistics, women's business development, women's enterprise, women's entrepreneurship, women-owned business on December 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A new report on trends in women’s entrepreneurship, drawing on the multi-country Global Entrepreneurship Monitor surveys, has just been published by a team of researchers from Babson College. The GEM 2010 Women’s Report draws on data collected from surveys of over 175,000 adults in 59 countries, including 14,000 women business owners. As in previous GEM [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]