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Funding for Women-Owned Businesses

Women Entrepreneurs Can

Female entrepreneurship has been on a steady rise in the United States, with the number of women-owned businesses nearly doubling between 1997 and 2017. US Small Business Administration (SBA). Federal government agencies require SBA-approved certification as a Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB).

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 26: Javier Saade and Hillary Hartley

Steve Blank

Javier explained how the SBA helps drive entrepreneurship in the U.S.: Hillary has been working to make government more accessible and available online for nearly two decades, starting as a web designer for Arkansas.gov in 1997.