Are you running a business? Then you might want to offer your skills to emerging entrepreneurs the world over. Find out about the difference Bpeace (Bpeace blog) is making in our businesses and the lives of many Afghans —
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Where are women entrepreneurs rising fastest? Forget the advanced country of the United States! It’s Sao Paulo (related article here), Manila and Mumbai where women are leapfrogging to business ownership. What are they selling? Think simplistically: mangoes and home-made blouses.
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A great speech by a senior state department official on how to unlock a vital, undertapped resource in our world: women.
She also makes the point that at the beginning of the 21st century, we are entering what she calls the participation age where every individual regardless of gender or other characteristics is poised to be a contributing and valued member of the global marketplace.
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Our sister organization, The Global Small Business Blog, under its parent organization GlobeTrade.com, just published their latest monthly e-newsletter, “Borderbuster,” (Issue No. 116 – sign up here) and it is only fitting for this blog post to mention the quote that was featured under the Wind Behind Your Sail section:
“We make a living by what we get,
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It’s that pure and simple. Let’s get it done.
“India’s growth rate can make a quantum jump of 4.2 per cent if women in the country get equal opportunity in the core sectors of the economy,” Lakshmi Puri,
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Minister for Small Business John Perry TD encourages more women to start their own business. Irish Ambassadors for Female Entrepreneurship (Facebook page) have been appointed by the European Commission to promote and encourage more women to become entrepreneurs and set up businesses.
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Nonprofit Endeavor CEO Linda Rottenberg (pictured) is exporting American entrepreneurship and networking to countries in Latin America and beyond to boost employment and GDP. She aspires to build profitable small businesses on a global scale.
Results: Last year Endeavor Entrepreneurs generated $286 for every dollar donated to Endeavor.
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Lorraine Hariton (pictured) has more than 25 years of experience in the information technology sector in Silicon Valley.
From 2003 to 2005, Hariton served as President and CEO of Apptera. She served as the CEO of Beatnik from 1999 to 2002.
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What a great time to make a difference in our world for women entrepreneurs!
joinFITE.org (Financial Independence Through Entrepreneurship) is a new microlending website powered by Kiva.org to benefit women entrepreneurs in low income areas of the U.S.
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From the United States, a report published by The Wall Street Journal on women’s progress in the workplace.
A quote from World Bank President Bob Zoellick:
We estimate there are about three billion people working in the world.
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