Check out this link if you want to see the amazing things that graduates of the women’s entrepreneurship certificate program are up to and how they are such important members of their communities. This piece highlights Denisse Lamas from Orlando, FL; Anh LyJordan from Raleigh, North Carolina; and Fila Antwine from NY, NY.
Month: February 2022
More Black Women Leave Jobs In Favor of Launching Businesses
According to this piece from The Guardian, there has been a marked increase in black women launching their own ventures over the past few years. Some of the increase is attributed to challenges from the pandemic and some to historical gender/race pay disparity in the workplace. That said, the article also shares that black women have a long history of entrepreneurship and the pandemic is forcing the world to recognize that. Per the article, “women of color make up only 39% of women in the US but represent 89% of new women-owned businesses. Within that demographic, Black women are leading the charge at 42% of new women-owned businesses, followed by Latina women at 31%.”
Legal Resources – for Free
The Legal module in the Women’s Entrepreneurship Certificate program provides a host of downloadable resources and tools for entrepreneurs but in that limited two-week course, there are many more nuanced legal items that couldn’t be covered. This list of free resources – offered through the small, woman-owned legal firm of Trellis Legal provides a fabulous assortment of tools at no cost.
Women-Only Rideshare Company
A rideshare company that focuses exclusively on women, HERide, is launching in Atlanta. The company founder, Jillian Anderson, is a former Lyft driver of four years. Learn more about the company in this news piece.