NASHVILLE, TENN., – MAY 14, 2020 – Dimeta Smith CPA, a leading woman and minority-owned accounting firm, announces today the company is celebrating its 10th Anniversary in business. Dimeta Smith CPA is a nationally certified Women’s Business Enterprise through the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council and a Woman-Owned Small Business through the Small Business Administration. The firm specializes in providing business growth strategies, fi...

WBE Canada (Women Business Enterprises Canada Council) announces registration is now open for its 2020 Annual Conference Supply Chain Innovation <Decoded>. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s conference will be a virtual event held November 9-10th, 2020. Early-bird registration closes June 30th. WBE Canada’s annual conference is the leading event for corporate and government leaders, procurement professionals and women-owned b...

Women entrepreneurs in 10 cities around the world will gather online over the course of 24 hours, leading the next wave of innovation Women’s Startup Lab (WSLab), a Silicon Valley-based accelerator for women-led startups, will host its second WiSE24, “Women’s International Showcase of Entrepreneurs,” on June 18, 2020. The event, which will take place over a period of 24 hours, will livestream startup pitches from 50 early-stage women-led ven...

WASHINGTON, D.C.- (May 19, 2020) -- The U.S. Census Bureau today released new statistics from the 2018 Annual Business Survey (ABS). Since its founding in 1988, the National Women's Business Council (NWBC) has depended on data collection from the U.S. Census Bureau to fulfill its statutory obligation and mission. The Council must, in relevant part, promote and assist in the development of a women’s business census and other surveys of women-...

 At the start of 2020 the Philadelphia region was in the midst of one of the biggest building booms in recent history – more than 2,100 permits issued for new construction in the city alone. All that came to a screeching halt on March 23rd when Governor Tom Wolf ordered the shutdown of all non-essential businesses due to COVID-19. Just days ago, Governor Wolf lifted that order with guidelines to permit each city and municipality to “safely” ...

Following President Trump’s signing of the historic Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, SBA Administrator Jovita Carranza and Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin today announced that the SBA and Treasury Department have initiated a robust mobilization effort of banks and other lending institutions to provide small businesses with the capital they need. The CARES Act establishes a new $349 billion Paycheck P...

TransparentBusiness, a leader in providing the software and management platform for remote working, is helping companies transition now and for the future NEW YORK, New York – (March 20, 2020) – Unlike anything we have all seen in our lifetime, life as we know it has come to a screeching halt. Schools have closed, all events cancelled, lockdowns and restrictions. Plus, businesses are stumbling. Whether or not businesses will be able to weather th...

New York, NY (February 24, 2020) -- The Women Presidents’ Organization, the global membership organization that helps women entrepreneurs bring their successful businesses to the next level, has announced a new partnership with the Instituto de Empresa, S.L. (IE) in Madrid. The program is designed to help accelerate the professional development of global business leaders through incremental business education. WPO members will have access to scho...

January 7, 2020, Cary, NC – Monica Smiley, publisher and CEO of Enterprising Women, was bestowed the 2019 Entrepreneur of the Year Award at the Million Women Mentors Awards Gala at the Willard Intercontinental Hotel in Washington, DC. The gala celebration marked the five year anniversary of the Million Women Mentor Program, a program designed to create one million volunteers to mentor girls and young women in the fields of science, technology, en...

St. PAUL, Minn. (October 11, 2019) – Ten ethnic-minority entrepreneurs from across the country competed in the final event for Meda’s Million Dollar Challenge Powered by Chase at the Twin Cities Public Television (TPT) Studios in St. Paul as part of Twin Cities Startup Week. $1 million in financing was awarded to the following companies:  Phenomix Sciences – Co-Founder, Dr. Andres Acosta, Rochester & St. Paul wins $500,000Care+Wear – Co-Found...

New campaign urges conferences, event organizers and venues to support gender-balance, diversity and inclusion on stageBOSTON – December 5, 2019 – Innovation Women, an online visibility bureau for entrepreneurial, technical and professional women, today announced the launch of a new campaign calling on event organizers and venues to declare their events “No-Manel Zones.” “Manel” is industry jargon for a panel of featured speakers at a conference ...

(Washington, DC – December 3, 2019) -- Today’s business world is digital, data-driven and cloud-enabled. To wow customers in this digital age, a customer-first outlook is critical in many aspects of business, driven by big data as the competitive differentiator of market success. The 2019 Women Presidents’ Educational Organization (WPEO) Breakthrough Breakfast on December 3rd took a close look at The Impact of Digital Disruption and how it is aff...