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Its Time For Women To Lead in America in Entrepreneurship

Guest post by: Vicki Donlan

Article Overview: Women start two out of every three new businesses in the United States and today their commitment to small business and entrepreneurship can ease the unemployment that the country is mired in.

Its Time For Women To Lead in America in Entrepreneurship

This is a call to action for women across America. This is our chance - our one chance to shatter the glass ceiling and take control of our own work/life balance and start our own business. Entrepreneurship is the answer to controlling our destiny in the workplace. The success of one woman entrepreneur provides the opportunity for the next woman entrepreneur so women need to make this happen for their daughters and/or granddaughters. Men of daughters understand how critical this time is for women to find their place - to reach their true calling and potential. Too many young women don't see the obstacles that still stand in their way to the top. They don't know the history of the women's movement and the years of struggle that women before them have fought as female role models are not often applauded. Women must support other women in the battle for an equal wage and opportunities for family/leave programs. Small business and family are the foundation of the American value system even though our government too often forgets its importance. Today 60% of the wealth holders in America are women and 85% of the consumer purchasing power is in the hands of women. Understanding the "what women want" is basic to the question of how we can succeed in business. Every time a woman starts a business and receives funding, whether bank or venture capital, it sets the path for the next woman entrepreneur. Again, the call to action is for women to step up to entrepreneurship and seek out the guidance available through free programs such as the Small Business Administration, SCORE and many state and local business assistance programs. One one woman wins al women win.

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Re: History of Women in Business in the United States - Nice read. I feel a few things were left out. At a time in American history it was illegal for a women to do many things. Not only did they need a man to stand up for them, but they needed him to sign bank documents etc.. for the women in question. Not long ago in our history a women did not have a bank account. This was a slap in the face for the woman's husband or father. My state of Oregon is supposedly had a very strong women, a madam, contribute to the establishment of our state. Of course this is seen as a very old business but a business a women were able to run in the back alleys, and as I have read, in the underground here in Oregon. Mileva Mari? was a women in our history that in her own right contributed to America with her mathematics and physics smarts. Born disabled and "homely", her rich parents sent her to many fine schools where she was (it has been said), the only women in these establishments. Since her father did not think she would ever get married seeing how she was, I bet he was a happy camper when Albert Einstein married her. I feel, with no hesitations if it were not for Mileva Mari?, Albert would not be in the history books as he is now. I feel since in the day women were not supposed to have a brain, nor be allowed to publish their own work, that her husband took her work and published it as his own. The Pendleton Roundup , (a huge rodeo here in Oregon), banned women from the rodeo due to "unlady like" behavior around the 1900's. Hence barrel racing took hold as the ONLY women event. In WWII women were the ones who were the welders etc.. women were the ones to take on the jobs of men who were fighting for our country. Once the war was over, women had to relinquish their jobs to the men. One such women was in my sons family, and I got to hear first hand how things were. I like to bring up Emily Dickinson as well, as for women who changed who women are. Women helped establish equal rites here in America. Women along with the black society fought for equal rites. A white women had the same rites as a black person here in America, thus it was only common sense to help with the equal rites movement. Again running into a women who was there. I feel Oprah Winfrey is passing down a history of strong women. Strong women who have always been. She has just stepped it up to modern times. Women rites is not a white nor black issue, it is a women, man issue. Women have done so much for America, sorry to say to find information which gives credit where credit is due when the husband is a big name, or when the establishment is huge, it takes some digging. Women in history have done bigger and better things than the girls of today are taught in schools. Bigger and better then beauty products, or cooking. Women have been, and always will be the back bone of America and American Business.
Re: History of Women in Business in the United States - Yes. Women have increasingly made positive economic contributions to society and their position is being recognized more and more as seen on the Forbes List of Executive Women. In general, women can be a bit more practical in their approach as entrepreneurs too.
A ton of Great Women - You might want to profile Teresa Cascioli of LakePort Brewery. She has an amazing story! I met her at at the celebratory luncheon for the Profit/Chatelaine Top 100 Women Business Owners. The Top 100 list is also a great resource for inspirational stories of Women Entrepreneurs.
Re: Are entrepreneur women more organized than men? - Women are generally more organised than men. They have good instincts more than men. Women are generally aggressive when it come to business. You don't want to mess up with them.
Re: UPDATES: New Campaign! New Layout! New Ideas! - We've also expanded the list for Contest and All-Time Leaders. It's great to now see David and Yinka on the All Time list and recognize the contributions they've made to the forums!


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