
What we’re about
Why The Force Will Be With Women Entrepreneurs? What’s good for women is good for the economy.
Economists and academics agree women entrepreneurs are an under-tapped force that can rekindle economic expansion. Women are becoming more entrepreneurial. Women own 36% of all businesses, according to the 2012 U.S. Census ‒ a jump of 30% over 2007.
Meet to celebrate and take this to the next level:
- A Golden Age for women entrepreneurs has begun
- Hear women leaders of middle-market companies roar
- Women drive rise in start-up activity
- Closing the wealth gap
- Signs of change in the venture capital industry
- Creating more women angel investors and ways to connect women to investors
- Corporations and government agencies play an important role in growing women’s businesses
- Moving beyond mentorship and support to investment