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Women in Business

by Jacky Gamble    

[] There was an estimated 6.2 million women owned firms in the United States in 2002.

[] 53% percent of women owned firms are service businesses, 16% are retail businesses, 9% are finance, real estate or insurance businesses and 12% are businesses that are not classified

[] A woman opens a new business every 60 seconds

[] Women are leaving corporate America twice as fast as men.

[] By the year 2005, it is estimated that 40% of all firms will be women owned

[] Home-based women owned businesses employ 14 million part or full time jobs

[] In 1994 there were an estimated 2.1 million women business owners with children and 3.5 million without children (according to the National Foundation of Women Business Owners)

[] In 2001, it was estimated that 19.8 million people worked from home at least one day per week. 5.9 million of these people were self-employed (according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)

Resources for Women in Business:

[] Online Women’s Business Center: http://www.onlinewbc.gov/

[] Canadian Women’s Business Network: http://www.cdnbizwomen.com/

[] Asian Women in Business: http://www.awib.org/

[] Women Owned: http://www.womanowned.com/

[] Women Biz: http://www.womenbiz.gov/

[] Center for Women in Business: http://www.msvu.ca/cwb/

[] Digital Women: http://www.digital-women.com

Resources for Moms in Business

[] WAHM: http://www.wahm.com

[] My Mommy Biz: http://www.mymommybiz.com

[] Moms Network: http://www.momsnetwork.com

[] At Home Mommy’s: http://www.athomemommys.com

[] Internet Based Moms: http://www.internetbasedmoms.com

[] Mothers Work at Home: http://www.mothersworkathome.com


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Jacky Gamble is the owner of At Home Mommy’s.com, a site devoted to helping work at home moms in their dream of working from home. The site offers many resources, with new content being added all the time. You can visit the site at http://www.athomemommys http://www.athomemommys.com/