Women in Business Today

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Aundrea Lacy tells the story of how she founded her business, Luv Brownies and grew it into a success. Along the way she offers up the kind of brass-tacks lessons of use to any entrepreneur, but especially women, who face unique challenges in starting their own companies. Lacy explains how she not only weathered major business challenges, but also overcame enormous personal difficulties on the path to success. Now with her business celebrating its tenth anniversar… More >>

Brownie Points: Seven Steps to Success for Woman Entrepreneurs from One Who Made It

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By analyzing the cases of 129 successful women entrepreneurs, the authors of Paths to Success explore the reasons for the rising number and success of women entrepreneurs in the United States. The authors consider: the driving forces which led the women to leave the organizational environment; the use of the organization as an incubator for entrepreneurship; the strategies employed immediately after making the move from the corporation; initial difficulties a… More >>

Women Entrepreneurs: Moving Beyond the Glass Ceiling

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A CUP OF CAPPUCCINO FOR THE ENTREPRENEUR’S SPIRIT WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS’ EDITION I features women entrepreneurs’ true short stories written to inspire, energize and teach the reader. The stories include adversities, challenges, triumphs, and successes experienced by the entrepreneur to help readers discover passion and basic principles they can use to live the entrepreneurial dream. Touching both the heart and the head, these stories provide the opportunity to hear … More >>

A Cup of Cappuccino for the Entrepreneur’s Spirit Women Entrepreneurs’ Edition

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Nearly 40% of all U.S. businesses are women-owned, and by 2025 the Census Bureau projects it will rise to 55%. The trend is new, dating back just to the 1980s, but its impact is already felt. Not only are women achieving empowerment and bettering their lives in many different ways, but the beneficial affect on the economic well-being of the entire country is also clear. Coughlin examines the fundamental problems that face women entrepreneurs globally; identifies, do… More >>

The Rise of Women Entrepreneurs: People, Processes, and Global Trends

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In stark contrast to popular belief, women of the African Diaspora have engaged in economic and leadership activities throughout the course of history. Black women around the world draw from a tradition of thousands of years of strategies that have enabled them to face and conquer the challenges of life as women of color. And yet today, black women are marginalized by an economic and financial community still dominated by white men. In Market Women, educator, activi… More >>

Market Women: Black Women Entrepreneurs: Past, Present, and Future

Fortune Magazine chose ten emerging female entrepreneurs to join the annual Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit September 14-16, 2009. The ten women joined 400 of the countrys most prominent women leaders in business, philanthropy, government, education and the arts for the series of panel discussions, on-stage interviews and interactive sessions over the course of three days in Aviara, California. This new program targets entrepreneurial women who are game changers, ground-breakers and innovators in their fields. American Express OPEN is the Founding Partner of Fortunes Most Powerful Women in Small Business Initiative. Fortune and American Express OPEN honored the 10 winners at a special reception at the summit. The Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit is the premiere gathering of its kind, bringing together the countrys top women in business. The 2009 theme was Betting on the Future—ideas about the key challenges—technological, geopolitical, and social—that are reshaping our organizations and our world. The program was built around five pillars: Leadership, Innovation, Finance and the Economy, Global Connections, and The Common Good.

Are there organizations out there that fund women entrepreneurs to start small businesses?
It’s strange that one would assume that I don’t have a master degree or high credit rating. I have both. In this case, where are good funding resources (grants)?