Networking for Woman Business Owners is a venue where local small/home-based business owners can network, find new leads, alliances, partnerships, get advice, start a new venture and learn how others become successful. This is an opportunity to meet face-to-face with local business owners and learn about their businesses and what works for them.

This group was established to help other women entrepreneur build their businesses. If you are serious about growing your businesses by networking with like-minded professionals, then this is the group for you. We hold bi-monthly meetup at a pre-determined location for ALL our members to attend. These meetups are usually assembled in the daytime and evening and designed to last 1 hour and 15 minutes. Come and see for yourself how networking can help you grow your business.

We look forward to your membership!

NWIB Team

Ten Facts About Women-Owned Businesses

1. Women-owned (50% or greater) businesses comprise nearly 10.4 million firms.
2. They employ more than 12.8 million people.
3. Businesses owned by women generate $1.9 trillion in sales.
4. Women-owned firms have grown at approximately twice the rate of all firms. Over the past two decades, majority women-owned firms have experienced 42% growth as compared to 24% growth for all firms.
5. They account for 41% of all privately held firms.
6. Women of color own 42% of all firms owned by persons of color. This number is up from 36% in 2004.
7. Businesses owned by women of color employ 1.6 million people.
8. They generate nearly $230 billion in sales each year.
9. Women of color-owned firms grew 5 times faster than all privately held firms. Between 1997 and 2006, for businesses 51% owned by women of color growth was 120% as compared to 24% for all firms.
10. Of all women-owned firms, Asian women employers have the highest survival rate.

Of those businesses in existence in 1997, 77% were still operating in 2000.

 

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"Key Facts About Women-Owned Businesses." The Center for Women's Business Research, www.womensbusinessresearch.org, retrieved 27 May 2008.}

 

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