Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I'm co-founder & CEO with 30+ years in community economic development. Women are emerging as a leading force across industries, ...

While the world catches up to what we already knew, Black women are quietly building the future of American business. Black women are the fastest-growing group of entrepreneurs in America, launching ...

Attendees networking at the MWEC launch event on Feb. 19, 2025. Photo by Ben Goeser. The Midwest Women Entrepreneurs Collective (MWEC) celebrated its launch Wednesday night at the Carson Wealth ...

Access to capital is one of the greatest barriers to entrepreneurship. In 2023, startups founded by women received only 2 percent of the total capital invested by VCs. Racial and gender biases also ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Melissa Houston covers financial issues that affect women in business. Women entrepreneurs often face the unique challenge of ...

Career changes are rarely linear. I know that especially as a communication professional, turned lawyer, turned entrepreneur, turned editor. What I, and so many women like myself, have experienced has ...

A Charlotte financial services entrepreneur is working to address the capital access gap facing Black female business owners, who represent one of the fastest-growing entrepreneurial demographics in ...

Empowering women entrepreneurs is a key focus in my intention to make a positive cultural impact on a global scale. As a leader, what are you but the legacies and lessons you share that help shape the ...

In an effort to complement the “Renewed Hope Agenda”, a support group of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), the National Progressives Hub (NPH), has trained over 50 women entrepreneurs ...

More than 1,000 women have already received training under the programme, he said, adding that the Centre was sanctioned ...