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 [...]
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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 »
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 [...]
Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Madam C.J. Walker
Posted in business, women business owners, women's business ownership, tagged Black History Month, Julie Weeks, Madam C.J. Walker, women's empowerment, women's enterprise, women's entrepreneurship, women-owned business, Womenable on February 7, 2011 | 3 Comments »
February is Black History Month in the United States. Started way back in 1925 as Negro History Week, and set during the month containing the birthdays of both Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass, it was expanded to the entire month of February in 1976 and renamed Black History Month. I just ran across this blogpost [...]
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 [...]
