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Did you know?   Issue #35

Fast facts to get you in the entrepreneurial mood

By Venus Zine Staff
Published: March 1st, 2008 | 3:04pm

• Women-owned businesses account for 28% of all businesses in the United States and account for 55% of new startups.
• Between 1997 and 2004, the number of privately held firms owned by women of color grew by 54.6%. Meanwhile, the overall number of firms in the United States grew by only 9% over this period. Women's business ownership is up among all groups, but the number of Hispanic (up 63.9%) and Asian-owned firms (69.3%) has grown especially fast. An estimated one in five (21%) women-owned businesses are owned by women of color.
• Across the world, women-owned firms typically comprise between one quarter and one-third of the business population.

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Stats from score.org. 

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