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Women Entrepreneurs

There is a vast array of resources for women entrepreneurs. Heres a good starting place:

Association for Enterprise Opportunities (AEO)
AEO provides seed money small businesses under five employees requiring $35,000 or less.

Athena International
Athena Foundation links experienced businesswomen with emerging businesswomen.

SBA: Women’s Business Centers
The United States Small Business Association offers a directory specifically for women business owners. Locate your local Women’s Business Center

Endeavor: High - Impact Entrepreneurship in Emerging Markets

Economies of emerging markets have huge potential for investors. One organization in particular has tapped into this sector through supporting high-impact entrepreneurs. Endeavor is a truely inspiring organization that focuses on entrepreneurship in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, South Africa, Turkey and Uruguay. It is seeking to expand to 25 more countries in the next ten years. Heres some information on their organization:

Throughout history, entrepreneurs have created innovations that disrupt the status quo and fuel new growth. From Toyota to Southwest Airlines, FedEx to CNN, Nokia to Google, a group of high-impact entrepreneurs with big ideas have transformed the world around them and improved all of our lives.

Resource for Construction and Retail Industry Entrepreneurs

I was surfing the internet and found this website:

http://www.expertbusinesssource.com/

It has some great resources for entrepreneurs, start ups and exisiting small businesses. The website has blogs, success stories, a newsletter and other articles. The website is particularly in construction and retail industries. I would recommend checking it out if your at all interested in those fields.

Entrepreneurship Quiz and Resources for Black Entrepreneurs

I stumbled upon this webpage a couple of weeks ago and it has a great pre-entrepreneurial quiz. It also has a lot of resources geared towards black entrepreneurs.

Entrepreneurial Financing: Starting from the Bottom-Up

A basic introduction to financing a start-up, including everything from angel investors to debt financing.