Women's Resource Center

Almost half of all privately-held U.S. firms are owned by women, totaling 10.6 million firms! You are a driving and important factor in our economy, and we're here to help you.

Local Help Education / Courses Financing Events

Success Stories Resources Blogs for Women

Resources

Local Help

Financial Management Basics - a video tutorial

WorldWit chapter forum
With over 80 chapters worldwide, WorldWIT offers free online forums for women business owners and women in the workforce.

Small Business Development Centers
With over 1200 locations nationwide, SBDCs offer training, business assistance and more.

Women's Business Centers nationwide
[223KB pdf]

Find a Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor

Center for Women and Enterprise
With offices in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, the Center for Women and Enterprise serves the needs of starting businesses, growing businesses or learning how to operate their businesses.

Forum for Women Entrepreneurs
The Forum for Women Entrepreneurs has regional offices in the San Francisco Bay Area, Canada and Europe. It is the exclusive and highly-valued professional, educational and social organization for women entrepreneurs and executives and their eco-system partners who are actively engaged in high-tech, high-growth companies.

Success Stories

Women We're Watching: Here at QuickBooks, we meet lots of interesting women starting great companies. Here are a few we're watching now:

Meebo.com
Founded by two Stanford engineering grads, Elaine Wherry & Sandy Jen, Meebo.com helps you manage multiple IM accounts.

Nail Taxi
When Cinnamon Bowser tried and failed to locate an outcall nail technician for a pregnant friend, she found an opportunity instead. In just under two years, she's expanded from the Washington DC area to Atlanta, GA.

Swapthing.com
Founder Jessica Hardwick taps into the American desire to trade.

Oovoo
Pauline Lewis makes her mark on the fashion world with beautifully designed handbags that provide employment to over 600 women in Vietnam.

Education / Courses

Small Business School
Weekly TV shows on real business owners.

Managing Your Business Like a Pro
[2.7MB pdf]

SBA Courses
Free online startup courses from the Small Business Administration

SBA Startup Basics
Helpful tips on starting and managing a business.

Financing

Loans from the Small Business Association
A comprehensive list of business loan basics, tips, programs and partners.

Count Me In
Count Me In champions the cause for women's economic independence by providing access to business loans, consultation and education.

Capital Financing Business Toolbox from the NFIB

"The New Girl Network"
A group of women venture capitalists and advisors.

Venture funds Angel investor groups Networking resources

Events

Work at Home Moms Meetup
2nd Wednesday of every month
Meet other local Moms who work at home at 12 cities and counting. Gather with women who juggle having both a home career and children for advice sharing and companionship.

QuickBooks Meetup
4th Monday of every month
Meet with other local Quickbooks users. Trade tips and socialize.

Resources for assistance, networking, events and financial resource

QuickBooks: New Business Starter Kit
The new Business Starter Kit gives you tools and resources to help you check off the critical startup tasks, generate business, manage your cash flow, understand legal requirements, prepare for tax time and more. And it's FREE! You even get Simple Start Special Edition* and a free trial of QuickBooks Customer Manager.

Ladies Who Launch

She Ventures for young women business owners Women-21.gov WomenBiz.Gov Wild Women Entrepreneurs Small Business Administration's Online Women's Business Center Women Owned Business Network National Women's Business Council Work at Home Mom Online Women Presidents' Organization

Blogs for Women (Business Owners)

	SmallBiz Trends Anita Campbell has been an entrepreneur at heart her entire life. A lawyer by training, she has a wide range of interests, as reflected in her varied background in banking, information technology, human resources, marketing and eCommerce. Her popular website and blog, Small Business Trends, provides rich information on trends affecting small businesses nationwide. Small Business Trends won Forbes' 2005 "Best of the Web" award for small business blogs and was rated #1 Most Practical Blog for Entrepreneurs by About.com.
	re:invention blog The re:invention blog...a toolbox for and about enterprising women(tm), is the #1 Google-ranked blog for women entrepreneurs and enterprising women. The blog is hosted by re:invention, an integrated marketing company for enterprising women and corporations that want to do business with them.
	Small Biz Survival blog A blog by and for small business people in rural areas and small towns, Small Biz Survival provides practical, actionable and meaningful posts on the joys and challenges of running a small business.
	What's Hot in Business & Careers at BlogHer BlogHer's mission is to build a community of women bloggers and to help them gain exposure, learn best practices and more. The "What's Hot" in Business & Career highlights top blog postings by women on topics like personal finance, career development and workplace trends.
	Escape From Corporate America! EFCA offers a comprehensive look at why women are leaving BIG companies for entrepreneurship. Hint: They want freedom, flexibility, recognition, more money, and opportunities to leave a legacy -- all the things they once thought they would find within corporations.
	The Global Small Business Blog The Definitive Blog for Entrepreneurs and Small Businesses Interested in Going Global

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