MCCC Aims to Help Women Succeed in Business
The college's new Growing Your Woman-Owned Business program begins today.
According to the U.S. Small Business Association, women owned 6.5 million out of 23 million nonfarm businesses in 2002, generating $940.8 billion in revenues, employing 7.1 million workers and paying $173.7 billion in payroll. With more than 50 percent of the U.S. population owning fewer than 30 percent of its businesses, it seems that the playing field is still not level. Enter Kimberle Levin and Montgomery County Community College (MCCC). To help women entrepreneurs gain the business skills they need to establish their businesses and help them thrive, MCCC is offering a new program—Growing Your Woman-Owned Business. The program aims to provide women with practical marketing, business development, and financial solutions and strategies, …
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Dolores Vuotto
12:12 pm on Tuesday, June 7, 2011
You have my attention! I have been so deeply burried in a 9-5 job for so many years that I lost touch with the real world. Reading this article shows me just how much I am behind in the times. This year my life has changed dramaticly and well I am starting from the beginning again. I knew there was a program called New Beginnings that I participated in 15-20 years ago. In search of this program … more ›