Women business owners resourcebook.Are you starting a business or already on your own? Here is a must-have roster of women-friendly contacts There's "women power" in the business arena with minority-women-owned businesses becoming a major force in today's marketplace. Of course, operating a successful enterprise takes sound planning, solid management and adequate financing. If you're in the market for invaluable sources of information and friendly advice on running a business, read on. The following resource list includes organizations, books, financial contacts and online sources for both established and fledgling women CEOs. A LITTLE HELP FROM FRIENDS There is a host of women's organization designed to help provide money, technical assistance and sisterly advice. Among the most notable women's groups are: Women's Self-Employment Project 20 N. Clark St., Suite 400 Chicago, IL 60602 312-606-8255 312-606-9215 (fax) WSEP WSEP Women's Self-Employment Project (Chicago, IL) WSEP Weapon System Evaluation Program is a nonprofit group that provides training, technical assistance and micro loans ($25,000 or less) aimed at low moderate-income women. It provides peer support and nontraditional lending through its Full Circle Fund program and referrals to sister organizations. Course and membership fees vary based on income. Small Business Administration Office of Women's Business Ownership 409 Third St. SW, Suite 4400 Washington, DC 20416 800-8ASK-SBA www.sba.gov/womeninbusiness The SBA's Office of Women's Business Ownership provides training, counseling and networking services to help women start or expand businesses. OWBO OWBO Office of Women's Business Ownership also offers information about local and national resources. Specialized services include financial assistance and business development naming. Also, the Women's Network for Entrepreneurial Training is a yearlong year·long adj. Lasting one year. Adj. 1. yearlong - lasting through a year; "attending yearlong courses" long - primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or mentoring program that links startup entrepreneurs with seasoned business owners. National Association For Female Executives  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . 135 W. 50th St., 16th Floor New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , NY 10020 800-634-NAFE 212-445-6228 (fax) www.nafe.com NAFE provides networking, education and public advocacy, and has a host of programs including career, personal, financial, business and corporate services Activities that combine or consolidate certain enterprise-wide needed support services, provided based on specialized knowledge, best practices, and technology to serve internal (and sometimes external) customers and business partners. . For $29 a year, members receive various consumer discounts and business services. Also available for $15.00 is the NAFE Guide to Starting Your Own Business A Handbook For Entrepreneurial Women by Marilyn Manning and Patricia Haddock haddock: see cod. haddock Valuable North American food fish (Melanogrammus aeglefinus, family Gadidae). A bottom-dweller that feeds on invertebrates and fishes, it resembles the cod, with its chin barbel (fleshy feeler) and two anal and three dorsal . Women's Business Development Center 8. S. Michigan Ave., Suite 400 Chicago, IL 60603 312-853-3477 312-852-0145 (fax) www.wbdc.com WBDC provides individualized in·di·vid·u·al·ize tr.v. in·di·vid·u·al·ized, in·di·vid·u·al·iz·ing, in·di·vid·u·al·iz·es 1. To give individuality to. 2. To consider or treat individually; particularize. 3. consulting, business training, financial support and technical assistance. It hosts workshops on starting a business, including business plan development, and sponsors an annual entrepreneurial conference. WBDC also has a certification program, Women's Business Enterprise Initiative, for women seeking government and corporate procurement contracts. Membership is free but there is a $200 fee to participate in the certification program. Business and professional Women/USA and Foundation 2012 Massachusetts Ave: NW Washington, DC 20036 202-293-1100 202-861-0298 (fax) www.bpwusa.org BPW/USA is an information and advocacy group that promotes equity for women in the workplace. It offers a variety of scholarships and loans to help women pursue undergraduate and graduate education to achieve career advancement. BPW BPW Business and Professional Women BPW Board of Public Works BPW Base Pulse Width BPW Black Panther Wing (Star Wars gaming group) BPW Best Photographer of the World BPW Borland Pascal for Windows also puts out a resource guide on starting a business. Local dues vary by state. Annual national association dues are $31, $50 for members-at-large and $10 for student members. The National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women's Clubs women's clubs, groups that offer social, recreational, and cultural activities for adult females. Particularly strong in the United States, they became an important part of American town and village life in the latter part of the 19th cent. 1806 New Hampshire New Hampshire, one of the New England states of the NE United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts (S), Vermont, with the Connecticut R. forming the boundary (W), the Canadian province of Quebec (NW), and Maine and a short strip of the Atlantic Ocean (E). Ave. NW Washington, DC 20009 202-483-4206 202-462-7255 (fax) www.nanbpwc.org NANBPWC publishes its own guide to starting a business, hosts monthly workshops on finance. marketing and management, and provides a referral service for government and other funding sources as well as a job bank and information line. Also available is a national directory of more than 300 member clubs. Annual membership dues are $75. American Woman's Economic Development Corp. 71 Vanderbilt Ave., Suite 320 New York, NY 10169 800-222-AWED www.womenconnect.com/awed AWED provides training courses on starting a business' growing existing businesses and accessing capital. Annual membership dues: regular member, $55; supporting member, $65 (includes benefits and one free business counseling session); and contributing member, $85 (includes two free networking events and business counseling sessions). National Association of Women Business Owners The National Association of Women's Business Owners (NAWBO) is an organization in the United States founded in 1975 that has the purpose of networking the approximately 10. 1100 Wayne Ave., Suite 830 Silver Spring, MD 20910 800-55-NAWBO 301-608-2596 (fax) www.nawbo.org An organization for women entrepreneurs, NAWBO has international affiliates and supports an angel network that matches women entrepreneurs with private investors. Members; can sell their products and services online through Women's Connections (www.women connect.com. They can also post a home page on NAWBO'S Web site. Annual membership dues: emerging business owner. $50: established business owner and supporting member. $75; and sustaining member, $250 (includes voting rights Voting rights The right to vote on matters that are put to a vote of security holders. For example the right to vote for directors. voting rights The type of voting and the amount of control held by the owners of a class of stock. , participation in congressional testimony and leadership training). There is a one-time registration fee of $25. Association of Black Women Entrepreneurs P.O. Box 49368 Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , CA 90049 312-624-8639 ABWE hosts bimonthly bi·month·ly adj. 1. Happening every two months. 2. Happening twice a month; semimonthly. adv. 1. Once every two months. 2. Twice a month; semimonthly. n. pl. networking meetings, entrepreneurial workshops and seminars. It also publishes a quarterly newsletter and provides private consultations with industry experts on legal. financial and management issues. The membership fee is $60 annually and includes a free listing in the national quarterly newsletter. A low-cost interest lending program is also available with Founders National Bank. Small Business Administration Office of Financial Assistance 409 Third St. SW, suite 400 Washington, DC 20024 800-8ASK-SBA www-sba.gov/financing The Office of Financial Assistance offers three viable options for entrepreneurs looking to start or expand their businesses. The women's pre-qualification loan program is available to entrepreneurs seeking $50,000-$250,000 in capital. Low Doc (low documentation) loans of up to $100,000 are available through a simplified application process with an average three-day turnaround. SBA-affiliated micro loans are offered to business owners seeking $500-$25,000. Wells Fargo Wells Fargo armored carriers of bullion. [Am. Hist.: Brewer Dictionary, 1147] See : Protectiveness Wells Fargo company that handled express service to western states; often robbed. [Am. Hist. Bank National Business Banking Center P.O. Box 340214 Sacramento, CA 95834-0214 800-35-WELLS, ext. 120 Wells Fargo Bank has earmarked a hefty $10 billion in revolving and unsecured loans Unsecured Loan A loan that is issued and supported only by the borrower's creditworthiness, rather than by some sort of collateral. Notes: Generally, a borrower must have a high credit rating to receive an unsecured loan. for women entrepreneurs for a 10-year period. Loans between $5,000 and $50,000 are available to qualifying loan candidates who've been in business at least three years: they must show a profit. Women's Enterprise Development Corp. 100 W. Broadway, Suite 500 Long Beach, CA 90802 562-983-3747 562-983-3750 (fax) WEDC WEDC Water, Engineering and Development Centre (Loughborough University) WEDC Water Engineering Development Centre (Leicestershire, UK) WEDC World Economic Development Congress offers entrepreneurial training, hosts seminars provides financial education and loan referral services, publishes a quarterly newsletter and offers one-on-one small business counseling. The 12-week course on starting a business costs $240; the 26-week course on managing your business, $525. Scholarships are also available. National Federation of Black Women Business Owners Many online and offline organizations have been created to collect information about businesses around the world owned and operated by women. Many other organizations have been created to assist the women that own and operate those businesses. 1500 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Suite 34 Washington, DC 20005 202-833-3450 202-331-7522 (fax) NFBVW is a networking group that targets women entrepreneurs and corporate professionals. It hosts workshops, provides a referral service for financial assistance and publishes a quarterly newsletter. Membership dues are $100 for established women-owned businesses, $25 for start-ups, $10 for students and $300 for women business organizations. |
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