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Grants For Women Starting A Business

Monday, October 10th, 2011


In the last ten years in the US. So much so, that between 1997 to 2006, businesses either fully owned by women or majority owned by women has grown twice the rate of all US firms. Women entrepreneurs seeking funds to finance their ventures can receive money by way of grants. In fact the US government grants $ 350 billion in free government grants each year to small business enterprises and personal grants. Entrepreneurial women who wish to start home-based businesses can avail of special grants. Such grants are available for women willing to start business in any field including catering, photography, printing, record- labels, craft business, consulting, brokerage and much more.

It is no secret that women are beginning to proudly own more and more businesses every day. They are successfully competing with men. And hundreds and thousands of grants are waiting out there to be taken by women daring to start any type of business.

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A Road Map for Leadership

Friday, October 7th, 2011


When women’s studies was created as a curriculum in universities across the U.S. in the late 1960s and early 1970s, “leadership”—the art and science of motivating and managing people and organizations—was not considered a relevant topic. Why? Because women were mostly absent in leadership positions—from politics to business, from media to science, from higher education to nonprofit organizations.

Now, 40 years later, women have led the U.S. Department of State, the House of Representatives and major universities. Women serve on the Supreme Court, anchor the evening news and run businesses as never before. Yet only a handful of the more than 650 women’s studies programs at colleges and universities in the U.S. provide practical and theoretical knowledge necessary for the next generation to make a significant impact on their communities and world.

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