FAQs

What kinds of help do you have for women business owners?

This is an exciting time to be a woman business owner. Women are starting businesses at twice the rate of all businesses. There are 9.1 million women-owned firms today, employing 27.5 million people and contributing $3.6 trillion in sales and revenue to the U.S. economy. The SBA is doing more than ever to help level the playing field for women entrepreneurs. There are over 160 mentoring roundtables, women-owned venture capital companies, women's business centers and an On-line Women's Business Center on the Internet. We have programs to help women put together successful loan packages or break into the federal procurement and export markets. We offer training, advice and counseling anytime, anywhere via the Internet. At every stage of developing and expanding a successful business, the SBA's Office of Women's Business Ownership is here to counsel, teach, encourage and inspire. Click here for more information on Women's Business Programs.

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