Business
Boost Jumpstart
your business with the U.S. Small Business Administration
The
Feds Are Looking For You
Many
federal agencies have designated advocates to help women-owned
businesses procure government contracts and subcontracts. See
the Federal Agency Advocate
Group List for WOSBs (Women-Owned Small Businesses).
Small Loans for Small Businesses
The SBA MicroLoan Program was developed to increase the availability
of very small loans, ranging from $100 to $25,000, to prospective
small business startups and growing companies. Read
all about it.
Market
Your Tech Business
The
Small Business Administration's Office
of Technology does all it can to help small, emerging
U.S. high tech research and development businesses procure federal
government contracts.
Think
Locally
Women's business centers provide training in finance, management,
marketing, procurement and e-Commerce, as well as access to
the SBA's loans, programs and services. See the SBA
Office of Women's Business Ownership for a WBC near
you.
Successful Economies Are
Linked to Women Entrepreneurs
SBA Admistrator Aida Alvarez discussed the importance
of women-owned businesses at the Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development conference in Paris, November 2000.
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