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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Yesterday marked the first day of National Hispanic and Latinx Heritage Month 2024! The overarching theme for this year’s festivities, acknowledgments, and commemorations is “Pioneers of Change: Shaping the Future Together.” As a women entrepreneurship organization, this month we are giving focus to the Latina business owners who are pioneers for their communities’ …
The wegg® team and Board of Directors is comprised of trailblazers, changemakers, and thought leaders. We jump at the opportunity to showcase and applaud one of our own’s work and prowess. This month, Board Member Kati Suominen published data research findings on the “Uptake,
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The turn of a new year is an exciting opportunity to reaffirm and recommit to the guiding principles and lessons that have been foundational to your entrepreneurial journey. Whether you are setting intentions, resolutions, or goals for 2024, let this be your sign that everything you dream and wish for is attainable.
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In the aftermath of the bustling annual shopping days of Black Friday, Small-Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday, entrepreneurs are encouraged to continue the upward momentum that was generated this past weekend. If the days following Thanksgiving 2023 were not as gainful as you had hoped for your SME,
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As of last Thursday, November 9th, applications are now open for the 2024 Stacy’s Rise Project which will award five women-owned businesses, “a $25,000 CAD grant and access to a mentorship program with leadership from PepsiCo Foods Canada and Frito Lay North America,”
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“Our male counterparts with less traction were getting considerably more funding. If there was even one other man in the room with us, a junior employee, the VCs would speak to him rather than us. We had to show more results with less money. We really had to hustle.”
-Michelle Songy,
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One week ago today, October 9th, was recognized as Indigenous People’s Day, and one of the most notable and inspiring initiatives that contribute to this commemorative day all year long is Project DreamCatcher. This “no-cost business development program,” is a collaboration between the Freeport-McMoRan Foundation and Arizona State University’s Thunderbird School of Global Management.
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At wegg®, every month is Women’s Business Month, but we would like to wish our community a Happy National Women’s Small Business Month! The value and criticality of women-owned businesses across the country, and world, cannot be overstated. We are proud that the month of October is dedicated to honoring the efforts of women entrepreneurs,
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“We can choose to be a character in a story written out by someone else, or we can choose to be the author of our own story.”
-Ruby Garcia
We would like to wish our wegg® community a Happy Hispanic and Latinx Heritage Month!
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