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American Express - OPEN Small Business Network

A division of American Express that offers small business owners a wide range of tools, services, and savings designed to meet their evolving needs, including charge and credit cards, convenient access to working capital and credit information, enhanced online account management capabilities, and savings on business services from an enhanced lineup of partners.

American Woman’s Economic Development Corp
A nonprofit organization committed to training and counseling women from all socioeconomic backgrounds to establish and grow their own businesses. Programs are led by a volunteer faculty of entrepreneurs and business executives.

Count Me In - Micro Lending

Count Me In-Micro Lending champions the cause for women's economic independence by providing access to business loans, consultation and education. The first online micro lender, Count Me In uses a unique women-friendly credit scoring system to make loans of $500 to $10,000 available to women across the United States who have nowhere to turn for that all-important first business loan. The organization provides access to networks that expand contacts, markets, skills and confidence.

EnterpriseWorks
Provides business tools, information, and counseling for small business and micro enterprise, specializing in the development of business opportunities for women, people with disabilities and the exploration of career options for you.

Key Bank

One of the nation's largest lenders to small businesses. Their relationship managers provide small businesses with comprehensive deposit, investment and credit solutions. KeyBank is committed to helping women business owners make the most effective use of funding options as well as the financial tools and products that support business growth.

MassMutual

MassMutual's business center provides unique tools to protect the investment you have made in your business, attract and retain good employees, and get the greatest personal benefit from your business investment.

National City

National City's Women Business Owner Advocate network is a group of National City sales employees who focus on supporting women-owned businesses. Advocates are informed about current women entrepreneur issues, resources available for women business owners outside of National City, and National City planned initiatives.

National Women Business Owners Corporation
The NWBOC Network was established to provide critical information about corporate and government contracts and systems to women suppliers. NWBOC has streamlined the often cumbersome task of locating information and technical assistance about corporate, and federal, state and local government contracting through one-stop electronic access, offering women business owners a significant competitive advantage.

Office Depot
Office Depot is proud to partner with women in business and is committed to identifying the growing global needs of today's businesswoman. As the largest office supply retailer in the world, their mission is to provide superior products, services, and business solutions to all businesswoman.

Office of Women's Business Ownership
Promotes the growth of women-owned businesses through programs that address business training and technical assistance, and provide access to credit and capital, federal contracts, and international trade opportunities. Program include a women's business ownership representative in every SBA district office, a nationwide network of mentoring roundtables, women's business centers in nearly every state and territory, women-owned venture capital companies, and the Online Women's Business Center.

Small Business Development Centers
Provides management assistance to current and prospective small business owners. SBDCs offer one-stop assistance to individuals and small businesses by providing a wide variety of information and guidance in central and easily accessible branch locations. There are now 63 Lead Small Business Development Centers: at least one in every state, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, Samoa and the U.S. Virgin Islands -- with a network of more than 1100 service locations.

Springboard Enterprises
Produces programs that educate, showcase and support entrepreneurs as they seek equity capital and grow their companies. Target market is the growing ranks of women entrepreneurs who lead high-growth potential enterprises. SPRINGBOARD promotes women's entrepreneurial development through alliances, partnerships and direct programming.

The Women's Business Center Program of the Small Business Administration

SBA's womens business center (WBC) program is a national network of WBCs providing educational resources to help women start and grow successful small businesses. The Program's mission is to level the playing field for women entrepreneurs still facing unique obstacles in the business world.

Wachovia

Committed to understanding the financial needs of women-owned businesses, and demonstrates that support and commitment by providing information on financial issues through workshops, seminars, and business forums; supporting organizations and local community activities that advance, support, and celebrate the success of women entrepreneurs; and by doing business with Minority / Women Business Enterprises to enhance the economic vibrancy of Wachovia's communities. In 2004, 60% of Wachovia's $230 million of goods and services with minority and women-owned business suppliers were directed to women-owned enterprises.

Wells Fargo - Women's Business Services

A leading lender to women-owned businesses across the nation. Since 1995, more than 406,000 women business owners have worked with Wells Fargo for their lending needs.

Women's Business Enterprise National Council

The nation's leading advocate of women-owned businesses as suppliers to America's corporations. It also is the largest third-party certifier of businesses owned and operated by women in the United States. WBENC works to foster diversity in the world of commerce with programs and policies designed to expand opportunities and eliminate barriers in the marketplace for women business owners. WBENC works with representatives of corporations to encourage the utilization and expansion of supplier/vendor diversity programs.

Women-21.gov

A joint effort by the U.S. Department of Labor and the U.S. Small Business Administration and serves as a one-stop federal resource for targeted information, registration for online programs, and networking opportunities to help women entrepreneurs navigate the ever-changing business world and do what they do best: innovate, create jobs, and make a vital contribution to the strength of America.

WomenBiz.gov

Provides useful information and links specifically focused on the woman business owner interested in doing business with the federal government. Information on the site is organized into five specific stages that a woman business owner should go through as she begins to explore whether the federal government is the right customer for her.

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