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Our mission is to educate, inspire, and nurture women business owners and entrepreneurs worldwide on how to go global so they can run healthier businesses and create a new future for themselves, their families and their community.

The Gail Adinamis wegg Award for Exemplary Global Leadership
Wendy Shen, recipient of the Gail Adinamis wegg® Award for Exemplary Global Leadership® 2026
The Gail Adinamis wegg® Award for Exemplary Global Leadership® honors and celebrates Gail Adinamis, who has been crucial to the growth and success of Women Entrepreneurs Grow Global®.

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How to Successfully Bring Overseas Brands into the U.S. Market with Yvette Laugier on July 1, 2026

By registering, I consent to Women Entrepreneurs Grow Global’s collection of my information.  Understand why the U.S. is not one market — and how to identify the right entry point for your brand. Learn the five essential pillars every overseas brand must master before launching …

Listen Now: June podcast

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wegg® showcase: Bringing Modern Mexican Beauty to the Masses

I saw an opportunity in the beauty category to start a premium Latina beauty brand. There were very few Latina beauty brands in general and certainly not any in the luxury space. It didn’t make any sense to me why we didn’t have more options in culture-forward beauty brands. We all deserve a wide range of options.

Read Now: July issue

wegg® Showcase: Sandra Velasquez

wegg® showcase: Bringing Modern Mexican Beauty to the Masses

I saw an opportunity in the beauty category to start a premium Latina beauty brand. There were very few Latina beauty brands in general and certainly not any in the luxury space. It didn’t make any sense to me why we didn’t have more options in culture-forward beauty brands. We all deserve a wide range of options.

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From Immigrant to Old Navy Co-Founder: Building a Life that Matters with Jenny J. Ming on August 19, 2026

By registering, I consent to Women Entrepreneurs Grow Global’s collection of my information.  Why Jenny’s immigrant experience shaped her approach to business and leadership How she landed the role that became Old Navy and what she learned building it What precipitated the opportunity at Rothy’s …

How to Successfully Bring Overseas Brands into the U.S. Market with Yvette Laugier on July 1, 2026

By registering, I consent to Women Entrepreneurs Grow Global’s collection of my information.  Understand why the U.S. is not one market — and how to identify the right entry point for your brand. Learn the five essential pillars every overseas brand must master before launching …

How Smart Translation Expands Your Business Reach with Susanne Evens on June 3, 2026

By registering, I consent to Women Entrepreneurs Grow Global’s collection of my information.  Recognize translation and localization as powerful growth tools for reaching untapped global markets. Understand that 75% of consumers are more likely to purchase when content is presented in their native language. Evaluate …

Success on Her Terms wegginar®: Telling Your Wealth Story With Confidence

Join us on May 5th for our third program in the the four part series, Success on Her Terms. We will be joined by guest, Shea Soucie.

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News to inspire all to grow global!

wegg® showcase: Bringing Modern Mexican Beauty to the Masses

I saw an opportunity in the beauty category to start a premium Latina beauty brand. There were very few Latina beauty brands in general and certainly not any in the luxury space. It didn’t make any sense to me why we didn’t have more options in culture-forward beauty brands. We all deserve a wide range of options.

Prefer Entrepreneurship to a 9 to 5? More Women Than Ever Before Do

Entrepreneurship means being your own boss, and women are doing just that at the highest rates in history. As a trusted resource to women taking their enterprises global, wegg® is in awe of this upward trend. As Black Enterprise reported last week,

Women Should Focus on Becoming Early Adopters to AI to Help Shape Its Future

Across the AI ecosystem, there are spaces where parity and opportunity are being priced, allocated and distributed and where women’s ambivalence points to kinks in the chain of how AI is adopted, developed and invested in and for whom.

Women are increasingly participating in the AI boom, …

Celebrating Juneteenth 2026

wegg® honors and supports Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day, which takes place this Friday, June, 19th. This day of recognition is an important annual commemoration and is “recognized as the nation’s second independence day .” Simran Srivastava writes in her article, “8 Companies That Celebrate Juneteenth and Inspire Action,”

A special thank you to our Diamond Sponsors

Global Care Clinical Trials
MERRILL, A Bank of America Company, The Baldwin Marcovici Group
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Our Premier Sponsors

Associated Bank
FedEx
Herizon Funding
VISA

Our Lead Sponsors

APCO
FLOMO / Nygala
JP Morgan Chase
Plante Moran

We are able to make an impact thanks to the generous support of these additional sponsors

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A BIG Thank You to all who celebrated with us!

Thursday, November 6, 2025

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what people say

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Andrea Sreshta

co-founder, LuminAID

“wegg’s network and expertise provides support in a critical areas for women entrepreneurs who want to go global.”

Rebecca Herwick

Rebecca Herwick

President and Founder, Global Products Inc.

“wegg® is an indispensable resource – a one-stop-shop for learning how to trade beyond borders – and a powerhouse for boosting a company’s global expansion performance.”

Julia Knight

Julia Knight

founder and President, Julia Knight Collections

“Are you trying to build a great enduring global enterprise?  wegg® is your go-to resource!”

Betsy Mikesell and Angie White

Angie White and Betsy Mikesell

CFO, and CEO, Beddy’s

wegg® helps women business owners grow their businesses beyond what they thought possible through a variety of global channels.  We are honored to be a part of a community that inspires, educates and works together to make the world their business.”

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Alison Larson

Founder of World Blazer Consulting

wegg® carefully devises a path to get you global.  A lot of organizations might drop off the face of the earth afterwards, but wegg takes on more of a coaching role, helping business owners stay on track when they get stuck or distracted.  I found them to be my guardian angel while shifting my business to other parts of the world.”

Sonat Birnecker Hart

Dr. Sonat Birnecker Hart

President and Co-founder of KOVAL Distillery

“By working with wegg®and their vast pool of resources and connections, we are perfectly poised to take things to the next level.”

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