Podcasts about national women's business council

Marsha Bailey, a resident of Santa Barbara since receiving her Masters in Communication from UCSB, leads an organization that's making a difference in the lives of hundreds of emerging entrepreneurs in the region. She's the founder of Women's Economic Ventures, which is the outgrowth of an early interest in the feminization of poverty, the suffragette movement and direct experience working in crisis intervention. She was surprised at her interest in entrepreneurialism and now finds working with women, and some men has been extremely rewarding. In talking about startups and empowering women through this type of education, she mentioned the startup rates are the lowest they've been in 35 years and that 60% of millennials want to be self-employed, but only 4% are. Her interest in empowerment led to a role for the past five years as a member of the National Women's Business Council in Washington. There, she's worked on policy, the SBA, with the White House and at the State level. Her members are in two camps. First, they hit a glass ceiling after acquiring 25 years of experience and want to venture out on their own. Second might be as the result of a significant life transition, divorce, or after an illness. She's also seeing more younger women now, with many in engineering. This is a great leading indicator of the local economic development challenge we have here. Something she loves teaching, "How to ask for the business." Yes, we could all stand some more training in that area.

This episode is about something we don’t have enough of in entrepreneurship: Women. The special guest is Amy Millman, President of Springboard Enterprises, a highly vetted expert network of innovators, investors and influencers who are dedicated to building high-growth technology oriented companies led by women. Amy has been tackling issues faced by women in business for more than 20 years. While she started her career as a lobbyist at Philip Morris, it was during the Clinton Administration that she was asked to lead the National Women's Business Council, a position that placed her at the forefront of women in entrepreneurship. Listen as Amy talks about the challenges present for female entrepreneurs and how Springboard helps them overcome those challenges. She shares what she believes are the biggest obstacles women face and—believe it or not—the issues today are the same as they were in the 1990s. Amy has one simple piece of advice for all the entrepreneurs out there. Listen to see what it is. Stay tuned to play the week’s installment of “Kickstarter or Not?” 

HR 5050 turns 25 years old today! On Oct. 25, 1988, President Ronald Regan signed HR 5050 into law. Long overdue, the legislation finally allowed women business owners to get credit in their own names without a male co-signor, established the National Women's Business Council - a direct link to the President and Congress on legislative issues, created the Women's Business Centers, and mandated that women-owned businesses be counted in the census. Joining us are Virginia Littlejohn, Dr. Terry Neese, and Julie Weeks - some of the women business leaders who crusaded for that legislation, helped to implement the provisions once it became law, and continue to advocate on behalf of women-owned businesses around the world.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices