Women are making their mark in the entrepreneurial world yet they continue to face problems, particularly in cities such as Delhi-NCR, Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai, Bangalore and Ahmedabad.
A survey of women entrepreneurs conducted by research advisory firm Greyhound Knowledge Group found that numerous challenges frustrate women.
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SERNATUR, SERNAM and BancoEstado Microempresa announce Contest No. 4 for women entrepreneurs in Chile. The contest will focus on enterprises in the area of sustainable tourism.
In the competition for women owned micro-businesses, each Chilean region will select a venture to compete in the final round.
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For the first time in 13 years, the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) study of 59 economies shows that women are creating businesses at a greater rate than men in three economies and in four others, the rates are nearly equal.
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The Coca-Cola Company has a big goal:
To enable the economic empowerment of 5 million women entrepreneurs across our global value chain by 2020.
Learn more about The Coca-Cola Company: 5by20 and how they are helping women succeed in the global marketplace.
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Christopher Schroeder at PandoDaily will be sharing his stories over the next two weeks (don’t miss them) on the changing Middle East and it involves rockin’ women entrepreneurs.
They are running platforms for Arabic translation out of Beirut,
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This article is part of the eJournal USA issue “Enterprising Women, Thriving Societies.” I was asked by the U.S. Department of State to write the lead article, “Women Entrepreneurs Energize Economies.”
Women-owned companies are rising the fastest in the world’s emerging economies — particularly in Brazil,
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How to empower women? Declare 2013 as “Women Entrepreneurship Development Year.” And in the case of Nepal, ease the environment to bring more women into entrepreneurship.
Minister for Industry Anil Jha said he is positive about the proposal.
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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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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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