Time was, corporations parked their womenabling efforts in their corporate social responsibility silos. Now, corporations are far more likely to view women-owned firms as important customers and suppliers than a population in need of charity. We can date US corporate interest in women business owners as a market back to 1995, when the Center for [...]
Posts Tagged ‘women’s enterprise’
The New Chain Gang: Women as Suppliers
Posted in business, high growth entrepreneurship, International development issues, women's business development, women's enterprise development, tagged Gap Inc., Goldman Sachs, Pepsi, supply chains, The Coca-Cola Company, value chains, Walmart, WBENC, WEConnect International, women's business development, women's enterprise, women's entrepreneurship on October 3, 2011 | 1 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 [...]
If We Own It, We Can Define It
Posted in business, high growth entrepreneurship, women's enterprise development, tagged empowering women, high growth, Julie Weeks, women's enterprise, women's entrepreneurship on June 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve just spent a thought-provoking and engaging day discussing how to “drive collaboration, energize the global discussion, and create a road map for increasing women’s participation in high growth entrepreneurship” at the second annual We Own It Summit, organized by Astia with support from the Kauffman Foundation and other growth-focused groups. The summit, an invitation-only [...]
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 [...]
