I [Laurel Delaney] love going back in time to see some of the articles I have written about women exporting to see what’s changed. This one in particular, “It’s Time For Women to Take on the World,”
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Digitally enabled platforms are estimated to create 70% of new value added over the next decade, and past estimates of the global digital economy range from an average of 4.5% to 15.5%. And yet, gaps in access risk further excluding women from these economic opportunities.
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According to Deloitte, charting the next phase of growth is global and women’s sports. Yes, you read that right. Women’s sports are growing by rewriting the playbook and doing things differently. Isn’t that always the case? The focus now moves beyond demonstrating potential to helping build a lasting legacy of success by delivering unique and tailored experiences.
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It’s always an honor to have our esteemed colleague, long-time small business journalist and small business advocate Rieva Lesonsky ask you to contribute to an article she is writing on trends in 2025. I [Laurel Delaney] jumped at the opportunity, so did fellow wegg® Board member and Founder/CEO of Infortal Worldwide Candice Tal – along with five other leading experts in business.
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Entrepreneurship is widely recognized as a key driver of economic growth and societal value creation (Nziku, Ramadani, & Dana, 2022). Across the globe, it stands as the backbone of economic development, with entrepreneurs playing a crucial role in job creation, unemployment reduction, and overall economic progress (Nziku &
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Disaggregated economic data is information about the economy broken down into categories such as race, gender, age and other variables. The Bureau of Labor Statistics didn’t make it possible to disaggregate employment data by both race and gender until 1972. So, how do economists find out what the economy looked like before disaggregated data?
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Even though men have a significant advantage in raising funds, companies founded or co-founded by women do better along several dimensions than companies started by men.
Data indicates women founders outperform their male counterparts because they tend to build businesses that generate more revenues,
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For those who missed Dr. Natalie King’s 5/1/24 wegginar®, “Harmonizing Dual Careers: Thriving in Corporate While Leading a Global Startup,” you can access it free of charge here, thanks to wegg’s generous and supportive sponsors as noted in the graphic.
During her presentation,
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For more than 35 years, I’ve [Laurel Delaney] been running a successful global business, evolving it from contract-manufacturing food products for export, to importing products for sale to major retail chains, to representing USA-based companies to help them export their products worldwide.
With all this hard-earned experience,
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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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