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“The big secret in life is that there is no big secret. Whatever your goal, you can get there if you’re willing to work.” -Oprah Winfrey
W
omen-owned businesses are commonplace today, but it is generally believed that women didn’t start entering the workforce until they had to go to work in the factories during World War II. However, women have been business owners for well over a century and are now some of the country’s most successful entrepreneurs.
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• Women-owned businesses represent 50 percent or more of the companies in the U.S. and they employ more than 13 million people.
• One in five businesses generating $1 million or more in revenue is woman owned.
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SOME QUICK FACTS ABOUT WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESSES
• Women-owned businesses represent $1.9 trillion in sales.
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• Women tend to embrace technology to increase productivity and flexibility.
NOTABLE BUSINESS WOMEN Lydia Estes Pinkham
In 1873, Lydia Estes Pinkham founded the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Company for the sole • Women emphasize relationship building as a purpose of marketing her Vegetable Compound management style. developed for treating women with menstrual cramps and common menopause symptoms of • Women are more likely than men to consult hot flashes and depression. The Vegetable Comwith experts, other business owners and their pound was made up of unicorn root, pleurisy employees when gathering facts before making root, fenugreek seed, black cohosh, life root and decisions. 20% alcohol. Her company enjoyed immediate success and by the time of her death in 1883, it • Women in successful businesses ($1 million or more in revenue) are more likely to belong to Women Business Owners... Continued on Page 2 networking associations.