Is your business owned by a woman?
Locally, by towns, county's and states- there are an increasing number of WMBE programs and the state offers certifications for woman- owned business through the NC HUB office.
Nationally there are even more membership organizations and certification representing women. Our company is part of North Carolina's HUB program- we've been certified since 2007 and several municipality MBE and WMBE programs.
Consider these facts:
According to the SBA- In 1972, there were a little over 400,000 women-owned businesses in the United States. Until 1988, women needed a male relative to co-sign if they wanted to apply for a business loan. That same year, the Women’s Business Ownership Act increased SBA’s access to capital to provide financial assistance to organizations geared toward women-owned small businesses. By 2019, women-owned businesses represented 42% of all U.S. businesses and generated $1.9 trillion worth of revenue. Today, there are over 13 million women-owned businesses and counting. Every October, SBA honors the milestone achievements of today’s women-owned businesses.
October is Women's Entrepreneur Month and Forbes had this to say about ways to avoid pitfalls in your entrepreneur journey.
To honor the impact of women in leadership, their innovative contributions and how women are supporting other women through mentoring moments, we created our Pearls of Wisdom Series in March- with blog posts and videos sharing valuable insights from a variety of professional women in the area.
Your interest in the series created a generated a desire to create a local event.
We are looking forward to the Apex Chamber Women of Innovation Discussion- The Value of Coloring Outside the Lines on October 28th. Interested? Sign up for tickets here.
Not only will this event offer amazing insights by our panel, but attendees will be paying it forward- half their ticket price will go to Wake Tech Rally Fund.
Mentoring moments and professional development are ways women can support each other. Sharing lessons learned, resilient moments and why a path that's outside the norm is important.
Promotional Partners will put a spotlight on women in business in October by sponsoring the Apex Chamber Women of Innovation Event & giving each attendees a FEED bag- a woman-owned partnership story that is addressing food insecurities & giving back to the environment.
Will you join the fun?
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