Welcome to Women’s History Month 2024! The theme for this year’s International Women’s Day Celebration on March 8th is “Invest in women: Accelerate progress,” which is second nature to all of us at wegg®. We have always been, and will always be,
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We would like to wish our wegg® family, and the entrepreneurship world at large, a profound and illuminating Black History Month 2024! It is invaluable to acknowledge, learn, and reflect on the vast history and expansive future of African Americans in our country. This is crucial in order to be committed and attentive to increasing the equity of opportunities and wealth available to African Americans all year,
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As I [Laurel Delaney] wrote in this thought piece:
“Never in the history of the world has the entrepreneurial and small business spirit — the spirit of perseverance and determination — been more alive or in a STRONGER position to reach out to the world for business.
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“Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion: The potential for greatness lives within each of us.”
-Wilma Rudolph, U.S. track and field athlete
Happy Black History Month 2023 from all of us here at wegg®!
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Women hold up half the sky and according to the latest Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) Women’s Entrepreneurship report, they also are involved in a whole heck of a lot of startups – to the tune of more than 274 million women worldwide.
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The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), in partnership with West Blue Consulting, United Parcel Services (UPS) and Trade Law Center (TRALAC), has unveiled a digital trade solutions platform, tagged ‘eTradeHubs portal’ that will expand market access to men and women alike in Africa,
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Just like Women Entrepreneurs Grow Global®, the Canadian federal government’s Women Entrepreneurship Strategy (WES) helps women entrepreneurs expand into global markets. While wegg® was launched in 2015, WES was launched in 2018. Since then, the Canadian government has almost doubled its investment to nearly $5 billion during the COVID-19 pandemic to help women-led businesses.
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Trade-related disruptions from the Covid-19 global pandemic are disproportionately impacting women. This is largely due to women’s overrepresentation in some of the sectors that have seen the sharpest falls in demand, such as travel and tourism, as well as manufacturing sectors such as footwear and apparel,
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Our wegg® Specialist, Maya Hu-Chan, has authored a wonderful book that all leaders who aspire to go global and be effective at it, must read. The book is titled, “Saving Face: How to Preserve Dignity and Build Trust.”
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Below are answers to questions from our “Building a Successful E-Commerce Business and a Great Legacy During a Crisis” wegginar® on June 3, 2020 with Miranda Isaakidis (pictured far right), founder and CEO, Indulgence Spa Products.
W = wegg®
M = Miranda
W: Did you pivot your e-commerce business during the COVID-19 crisis in terms of marketing or product offering?
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