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Business
Development Resource Center
Association of Small Business Development Centers
Association of Women’s Business Centers
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The
Association of Women’s Business Centers |
The
Association of Women’s Business Centers (AWBC) is a national
not for profit (501c3) organization representing women’s
business centers and women business owners. Women owned
businesses are growing at twice the national average and
their economic contributions are growing at an even faster
rate.
The AWBC was founded to support entrepreneurial development
as a way to achieve self-sufficiency, create wealth, and to
expand participation in economic development through
educational, training, technical assistance, mentoring,
development and financing opportunities. The vision of the
AWBC is a world where economic justice, wealth and
well-being are realized through the collective leadership
and power of successful entrepreneurial women. The website
is AWBC.
Representing women business owners and women business
centers in rural and metropolitan communities, the AWBC and
its network provide support and services to women business
owners ranging from the underserved women entrepreneurs to
women securing rounds of venture capital. These
community-based organizations in turn provide education,
training, and access to capital to over 100,000 women and
tens of thousands of businesses each year. Our constituency
and stakeholders represent a network of hundreds of
thousands of women. Women’s Business Centers are unique
providers of entrepreneurial training and support services
to aspiring women business owners, particularly those who
are economically and socially disadvantaged. The success of
these centers is clear as the majority of clients form
businesses and maintain their connections to the Women’s
Business Centers, creating a cycle of business connection,
mentoring, and value creation.
For more information on the AWBC
click here.
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