Celebrating Women-Owned Small Businesses
October is National Women’s Small Business Month, which serves as an excellent opportunity to reflect on the work of female entrepreneurs everywhere.
The Rise of Women-Owned Businesses
According to the 2019 State of Women-Owned Businesses Report by American Express, there are 13 million women-owned businesses in the U.S. alone. Compare that to 1972 when there were only a little more than 400,000 women-owned businesses in operation at the time.
Over the last two decades, female entrepreneurship in the U.S. has increased...