As a member on myblogguest.com, I’ve had the pleasure to meet some good writers that have valuable content for not just the discerning introvert, but people in business. You’ll note professional associations as well as government assistance programs, just for women, in this well researched article by Adriana Sophia.
Are you a potential female business owner trying to build your individual corporate empire in the US? Do you seek to gain access to the federal contracts set-aside, by enrolling yourself in the 8M certification programs? Read on to know more about 8M certification programs for women owned small business and get benefitted extensively.
Certification woman owned business program was incorporated on 4th Feb. 2011 with the sole purpose to enable the women owned small businesses to compete with other female owned small organizations. Such program, incorporated by the government also offers set asides for the EDWOSBs- economically disadvantaged women owned small businesses to professionally compete with each other for manufacturing and services contracts valuing up to USD 5 Million and USD 3 Million respectively.
Assistance offered by government to women owned small businesses
With the 8M certification, the small organizations managed by women get entitled to a number of facilities and resources offered by the U.S. government. Such resources include:
Loans
8M certified women owned small organizations are entitled to variety of loan programs for particular purposes. Such loans prove to be very useful for the WOSBs in order to overcome certain financial crunch or expand their business vehemently.
Government contracting programs
The federal contracting programs offer the perfect platform for the certification woman owned business to compete against one another for the set aside government contracts. Consequently, such business can add to their annual revenue and maximize their profits expediently.
American Business Women’s Association
Also termed as ABWA, this organization is aimed to aid all the potential business women in the U. S. to flourish both personally and professionally via adequate education, information, effective leadership, networking and official recognition. It is an informative website which offers a number of facilities to women owned business organizations such as career growth information, professional growth resources, local networking options etc.
Women’s Business centers offered by SBA
More than 100 educational business centers run in the entire U.S., specifically designed to help potential women in the nation initiate and develop their business conveniently. With the assistance of such organizations, women learn essential tricks and tips of trade that help them to make business related decisions and acquire 8M certification in a hassle-free manner.
National Association of Women Business Owners
Such organizations specialize in offering data and information required by growing women entrepreneurs to deal with various kinds of social, economical and political actions taking place within the nation.
Center for Women’s Business Research
Amateur and in-experienced women entrepreneurs who are trying to make their mark in the U.S. corporate sector often require following the guidelines set by successful female business owners. The center for women’s business research provides essential data to the potential women entrepreneurs in order to acquire the 8M certification easily.
National Association for Female Executives
Such organizations are set up to acquire information about various associations aimed towards business excellence, equipment and service discounts, newsletters etc.
Government in the U.S. intends to encourage and promote female entrepreneurs in the best possible way. This is mainly done to boost the moral spirit of the women society towards national growth and development at the same time benefit the economy of the nation significantly.
For more information visit 8a Certification or SBA 8 a Application
Have you personally used any of these resources? Do you know of others to add?
Susan. I like finding good resources in one place – like here! LOL. Thanks.
AK, and it’s only going to grow more from here on. Thanks.
There are so many resources available to women who own small businesses. It’s hard to find what would be a good use of time and the most affective way to spend our limited resources. I love this article for the fact that it helps cut through all that giving me/others ideas and suggestions of what to use. As always, thank you for a great post. :)))
It’s fantastic that there are so many more resources for women in business these days. For the past couple of decades the number of women in small businesses has been growing at a fairly fast clip. But even now, inevitably women do not always have the same resources open to them as men. Thanks for highlighting these different organizations. I was a member of NAFE for a number of years, and not only found it helpful in terms of networking, but it helped to validate me as a business owner. Things have certainly changed in the past 20 yrs, but there’s still plenty of room for growth. Thanks Patricia.
Patricia, So do I… LOL
It’s great how much money is being spent all over the world to support women in business.
We are supposedly equal by law in Sweden but still women are being paid less for the same job.
The Swedish government now has a program to get more women as board members. They are interested in me so I will have a look at it.
A friend of mine is an ambassador to promote women starting their own businesses.
Pat and Adrianna,
This is a good resource for women–and yes, handy to have it all in one place. Thanks!
Pat – thanks for this invaluable list. I was familiar with several, but not all of these organizations. There are also programs at the city and state level. In New York City the program is called Minority and Woman-Owned Business Enterprise (MWBE). Here is the link for Program Information.
Catarina, I’ve found that often times in the USA, when we say women don’t get paid as much as men, it’s actually because they work less hours at the same job or don’t produce as much as men. I’m NOT saying things are all equal. Just that the devil is in the details.
Yes Bethany, it seemed so appropriate to feature the guest blogger when the list is so complete.
Great point about checking your LOCAL resources Jeannette! Thanks.