December 3, 2019
Dear Friends of wegg®:
“Every time a bell rings, an angel gets her wings!”
This memorable line from the beloved holiday film It’s a Wonderful Life (with a change of pronoun) reminds us how important it is to help others.
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“Every morning,” K-Tec Systems CEO Cathy Koch says, “I put on a bracelet that says: ‘She Believed She Could, and So She Did.’ I believe a woman must believe ‘she can’ from the day she opens her business.”
Koch’s U.S.-based K-Tec Systems manufactures and assembles custom-designed thermocouples and wire harnesses.
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A new analysis by Boston Consulting Group (BCG) shows that if women and men participated equally as entrepreneurs, global GDP could rise by approximately 3% to 6%, boosting the global economy by $2.5 trillion to $5 trillion. However:
… unleashing the power of women entrepreneurs will require action from a range of groups,
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Ms. Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, has returned to work after giving birth to baby Archie five months ago. What’s been on her mind and what has she been working on? Try a charity clothing collection, which has the mantra of: “Empower another woman and be part of her success story.
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A new generation of female entrepreneurs are starting businesses in South Korea due to glass ceilings in a conservative country’s biggest companies. Frustrated in their climb up the corporate ladder in a male-dominated business culture, they choose to find another way up.
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Bank of America Private Bank’s newest white paper, Women’s Entrepreneurial Journeys: Profiles of Leadership in an Era of New Opportunities, profiles eight courageous and resilient women who share their personal stories and the lessons they learned building successful businesses.
The stories highlight eight different entrepreneurial journeys that fall into four different categories:
- Founded and sold.
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Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates, does not have a subway system so taxies are a very popular way to get around. It is the women of Abu Dhabi who are taking the initiative and coming up with an efficient solution to help them get around: women-only family taxies that offer transportation,
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TXF talks to Makiko Toyoda, acting head of Global Trade Finance Program (GTFP) and Jessica Schnabel, global head, Banking on Women, Financial Institutions Group (FIG), the women who are spearheading the development of International Finance Corporations’s (IFC’s) latest initiative to raise access to trade finance for women-owned businesses to help them grow globally,
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We could not help but notice the tie-in to wegg® women concerning the recent movie “Maiden.” How so? The “Maiden” is based on a true story that goes like this:
An all-female crew in a virtually all-male sport challenges the open ocean,
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wegg® is grateful and thankful to the time, effort, and impact our esteemed sponsors have made to our nonprofit and to the hundreds, if not thousands, of women entrepreneurs and business owners who have also gained from their support to our programs.
To IBM,
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