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The New Girls Network: Building A Bigger Pie For High-Growth Women-Led Companies

Women 2.0 | Posted 04.29.2012

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Women 2.0

There are incredible things happening in the startup world for women entrepreneurs.

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From Neckties to Nuclear Waste: The U.S. Government Is Open for Business

Angela Haines | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: American Express OPEN, Cavanagh Group Services, Lourdes Martin-Rosa, Creative Display Services, Government Business Solutions, Aca, Jetblue, Sba, Pfizer, Astia, Golden Seeds, Karen Mills, Wosb, Politics News
Angela Haines

The Small Business Administration has announced its Women-Owned Small Business Procurement Programs. It just got a little easier to add to your client list the country's biggest spender: the US Government.

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British Airways Gives Entrepreneurs A Ticket To Global Expansion

Angela Haines | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Art Institute of Chicago, Lip Balms, Yoga, Indiegogo, British Air, Danae Ringelmann, Astia, Simon Talling-Smith, Sears, Face of Opportunity Competition, Organic Body Products, Cfda, Judi Henderson Townsend, Amy Galper, Juicy Couture, Buddha Nose, Mannequin Madness, Gucci, Levi Strauss, Pixar, Golden Seeds, Nordstrom, Small Business America, Business News
Angela Haines

With its Face of Opportunity program, British Airways offered 250 entrepreneurs, selected out of 1500 entries, on the basis of video or written essays, one round-trip ticket to a destination of their choice anywhere in the world to forge new business relationships.

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Why Aren't There More Women Starting High Growth Businesses?

Liz Hamburg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Angel Investment, Angel Investors, Start-Ups, Venture Capital, Ernst & Young, Women Business, High-Growth-Companies, Astia, Business News
Liz Hamburg

There is a lot of discussion of why there is a dearth of high growth women-run companies but the more important question is how to make a change.

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Entrepreneurs -- Manage Yourselves!

Penny Herscher | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Career Advice, Women Entrepreneurs, Organizational Behavior, Venture Capital, Entrepreneurship, Networking, Investors, Astia, Business News
Penny Herscher

It's a fact that women entrepreneurs only get 4.2% of the venture funding in the U.S. -- and some would say women hurt themselves with the venture capitalist community by being emotional.

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