Center for Women's Business Research

Contact

1760 Old Meadow Road
McLean, VA 22102
Ph. (703) 556-7162
Fx. (703) 506-3266
http://www.womensbusinessresearchcenter.org/
info@womensbusinessresearch.org
emily.reynolds@nwbc.gov

The Center for Women's Business Research, founded as the National Foundation for Women Business Owners (NFWBO) in 1989, was created by a group of women entrepreneurs who were frustrated by the common belief that women ran very trivial, immaterial businesses. These women knew that they and many others were running sizeable, emerging businesses; and they realized that if women-owned businesses were to be taken seriously, there needed to be the same kind of serious data about women's entrepreneurship as that which existed for other parts of the economy. The result was a new non-profit research institute dedicated to producing the intelligence that would unleash the economic and social impact of women's entrepreneurship.

Recently Posted

September 2011 Short Survey: Networking and Social Media Usage Resource
W‐Biz Insight panelists participated in a very short survey this September 2011. They shared...

The Economic Impact of Women-Owned Businesses Resource
The Center for Women’s Business Research, with support from the National Women’s...

Principal Staff

Gwen Martin, Ph.D., Interim Executive Director & Director of Research

Erin Fuller, MPA, CAE, Senior Development Advisor

Michele Jerome, CAE, Senior Director of Enterprise Operations

Kate O Donnell, Creative Services Manager

Areas of Expertise:

Advancing Women's Leadership, Business & Entrepreneurship, Leadership in Government, Politics, and Business, Entrepreneurship & Small Business Development, Women's, Gender & Feminist Studies, Women's & Girls' Leadership

Member Experts:


Projects & Campaigns

Accelerating the Growth of Businesses Owned by Women of Color
2009 Forum: WHAT WORKS: STRATEGIES FOR BUSINESS GROWTH
What Works; What Doesn't Work: How to Get the Capital You Need

Economic Impact Study (October 2009)

 

 

Reports & Resources

2010 HORIZONS

Key4Women Confidence Survey Report (2009)

Key Facts About Women-Owned Businesses (2008-2009)
 
Accelerating the Growth of Businesses Owned by Women of Color: Hidden Biases, Hidden Barriers (2008)

Accelerating the Growth of Businesses Owned by Women of Color: DVD of National Symposium (2008)

Biennial Update on Women-Owned Businesses (2008)

Biennial Update on Businesses Owned by Women of Color (2008)

Biennial Update on Women-Owned Businesses Owned by State (2008)

Biennial Update on Women-Owned Businesses Owned by MSA (2008)

Lessons from the Trenches: Learning from $1 Million Plus Women Entrepreneurs (2008)

Million Dollar Firms by the Numbers (2008)

Accelerating the Growth of Businesses Owned by Women of Color: Opportunities and Possibilities (2007)

Exiting Your Business: Serendipity or Strategy (April 2007)