Women's Initiative: Where Dreams Become Thriving Businessestag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-13048442008-07-29T11:11:23-07:00Women's Initiative for Self Employment provides a one-stop shop where high-potential, lower-income women receive training to start and grow their business. Curious about our clients experiences with growing a business in the Bay Area? This blog is designed to share successes and trials of starting a business and information about the field of microenterprise in the U.S.
At Women's Initiative clients receive business management training, technical assistance, and financing services we provide — in English and Spanish — improve the quality of life for the women we serve, their families and our communities.TypePadLosing in the workforce: Inequities for womentag:typepad.com,2003:post-534490522008-07-29T11:11:23-07:002008-07-29T16:58:13-07:00Julie Castro Abrams, CEO of Women's Initiative, had the opportunity to respond the to report on CBS 5 nightly news (July 21) in a segment called "Women Losing Ground in the Workforce."Women's InitiativeConvening with Ms. Foundationtag:typepad.com,2003:post-527453022008-07-18T16:07:00-07:002008-07-18T16:14:54-07:00I recently had the pleasure of representing Women’s Initiative at the Ms. Foundation for Women convening for grantee organizations in New Orleans from June 9-13, 2008. The convening featured representatives from grantee organizations of the Foundation’s Collaborative Fund for Women’s...Women's InitiativeThe recession has hittag:typepad.com,2003:post-514822522008-06-17T16:20:50-07:002008-06-17T16:23:40-07:00I believe we can finally admit that we are in an economic recession. This morning on NPR I heard that the US job market has shrunk for the fifth month in a row, bringing the unemployment rate from 5 to...Women's InitiativeGoing for Broke: Microentrepreneurs and bankruptcytag:typepad.com,2003:post-498284882008-05-13T16:11:51-07:002008-05-13T16:12:02-07:00In “Going for Broke” (New Yorker, April 7, 2008) James Surowieki writes about how the 2005 change in bankruptcy law made it more difficult and expensive for Americans to write off their debts. Generally, I’d say that people should be...Women's InitiativeGood News for the Unbankedtag:typepad.com,2003:post-492249722008-04-30T09:21:21-07:002008-04-30T10:21:49-07:00Seventeen percent of our clients do not have bank accounts two years after training. Although this is slightly better than the statewide average, where one in five people are unbanked (as high as 50% of African American and Latinos), this...Women's InitiativeDead In The Water? or Down, But Not Out!tag:typepad.com,2003:post-491901822008-04-29T14:14:57-07:002008-04-29T14:15:11-07:00So, for the past three months I’ve been saying “OMG, I’ve got to sell more stuff! I’m on the brink of bankruptcy! I’m almost out of money! HELP!” I got my first shipment of hardcover books back in January and...Women's InitiativeBusiness or Boyfriend?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-488548242008-04-22T11:57:42-07:002008-04-22T11:57:51-07:00It’s been a while since I had a serious relationship. Now I do and it’s a little tricky to manage both. Well, for one thing, it’s long-distance, so my morning is his evening and his morning is my way-too-late at...Women's InitiativeFriday Linkblogging: Microenterprisetag:typepad.com,2003:post-477778862008-04-04T08:14:00-07:002008-04-04T08:14:17-07:00May 20-23 will be the first National Summit on Entrepreneurship in Anaheim California. More information is here. ABS-CBN News Online has an article about how a Filipino foundation is helping to break the cycle of migrant overseas labor by helping...Women's InitiativeMonday Linkblogging: Women Entrepreneurstag:typepad.com,2003:post-474686342008-03-31T08:42:00-07:002008-04-10T23:54:17-07:00The Gulf Daily News has an interview with Huda Janahi, the first Bahraini woman to receive the GCC Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award. Getting a commercial registration (CR) was the biggest obstacle as I was told at the Labour...Women's InitiativeTo Our Credit Microfinance Documentarytag:typepad.com,2003:post-459856242008-03-31T08:37:00-07:002008-03-31T08:37:03-07:00Here's a clip from a Rooy Media produced PBS documentary about microcredit in the US. Rooy Media LLC has created over fifty programs that educate people about important social issues. This video clip is a sample from To Our Credit:...Women's Initiative