So I Married an Entrepreneur.

  One late October night in 2010, thieves broke into our business and stole almost everything that was the heartbeat of our business.   Our computers, cameras and other production gear, and most important- our server and archive storage.      I had nightmares that looked like this for months. Much to my regret, I had earlier determined that our growing business could not afford off-site storage of our video work, or an alarm system. (Yes, I may be cute, but I can be pretty dumb at times.) It was like starting over...but worse.  When we came in the next morning everything from our custom business forms to five years of client’s work was gone. It was like starting over again after a long struggle to grow, except this time we had we weren’t starting from scratch in our garage.   This time we had contractual obligations to fulfill to our clients, our landlord and vendors. And this time we had a staff for 11 full time employees. The ...

According to the latest information I could find on the internet there are 11.6 million women owned businesses in the US- a 54% growth in the last 15 years. With the total number of overall businesses increasing by 9% during that time…it makes the growth in women owned businesses significant in comparison.   They generate $1.7 Trillion in sales and women owned businesses employ 9 million people. (Way to go, ladies.) Can't win without them in business, either. You can tell from the stats, that almost all businesses owned by women are small businesses.   Of course, the definition of ‘small’ here, may not completely agree with yours.   ‘Small’ business in governmental statistics is any business that employees 1 to 500 people.   500 People!   That’s like a small, hungry army that you have to pay every week.   Yikes.   But the facts show small, women owned businesses are an economic engine in the economy and labor force. My first advic...