Where is Richelle?
Betty Sue King, Pearlgoddess.com, Richelle Shaw, FreshStart Telephone, Kristine Grisham, Grisham Group, Ava Williams, Crisara Creative Therapy, Constance Hill-Johnson, Visiting Angels, Alice Lei, Nightingale Technology, Katherine Clark, Womensinitiative.org (not pictured - Rosa Antonia Carrillo, Carrillo & Associates,Inc.)
Last Wednesday I had the priviledge to meet with several unusual entrepreneurs. Well, unusual to the rest of the world but a FUN day for all. I was invited to the Study to Accelerate the Growth of Women of Color Entrepreneurs. It is being conducted by Babson College and the findings were interesting to say the least.
from the website www.http://www.womensbusinessresearch.org/minority/index.php
Firms owned by women of color are growing at five times the rate of all U.S. firms, according to the Center for Women’s Business Research’s 2006 biennial update.
- Between 1997 and 2006, the number of privately-held firms that are 51% or more owned by women of color grew by 120%, while all privately-held firms in the United States grew by 24%.
- Between 1997 and 2006, African-American women-owned businesses grew by 147%,while Hispanic women-owned businesses grew by nearly 121%.
I met some fantastic and powerful women sitting at my table. What a fabulous day!
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