Tag: women owned business

Celebrating Mothers in Business

“My mother told me to be a lady. And for her that meant, be your own person, be independent.” -Ruth Bader Ginsburg This month we celebrate mothers and all of the things they do for us. Moms are like Jills of all trades. They take on the roles of nurturer, doctor, taxi driver, philosopher, chef, […]

The Rise of Women Entrepreneurs

If someone asked you to guess the percentage of women entrepreneurs in the United States less than fifty years ago, what would you estimate? Thirty percent? Twenty percent? Ten? Try 4.6%. That’s right, in 1972 women only owned 406,000 businesses in this country. That may seem like a lot, but when you consider that there […]