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 »
Navigating the Federal Procurement Maze Pays Off for Many Women Entrepreneurs
Posted in business, federal procurement, women business owners, women's business ownership, women's enterprise development, women's business research studies, tagged American Express OPEN, procurement, women's business development, women's enterprise, women's entrepreneurship, women-owned business, Womenable on March 8, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Accessing new markets is an important avenue for business growth for all businesses, large and small. For many women business owners, federal agencies provide an excellent opportunity for market expansion and business growth. As many are aware, the U.S. government is the world’s largest single purchaser of goods and services, spending just over $535 billion [...]
Google Joins the Women’s Enterprise Development Bandwagon … Cautiously
Posted in International development issues, women's business development, women's enterprise development, tagged empowering women, Goldman Sachs, Google, India, The Coca-Cola Company, Walmart, women's business development, women's entrepreneurship on February 12, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Large corporations are starting to trip over each other in the race to assist women entrepreneurs in developing economies (not that you’ll hear us complaining – far from it)! There’s Coke’s 5 x 20 program, Goldman Sachs’ 10,000 Women initiative, and Walmart’s Global Women’s Economic Empowerment Initiative. Now jumping into the fray, with a pilot [...]
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 »
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 [...]
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 [...]