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Women in Business by Marcia Conner

With all the mega-women's portals, I have yet to find a single source of solid information for and about women in business that's reliable to navigate and easy to access. As a result, I've put together this list of resources for myself and anyone else who will find the resources valuable. Think I'm missing something? Let me know! By no means is this a comprehensive list of all the valuable information and resources for women in business. These are just things I've found helpful to me. If you send another suggestion, tell me how it helped you! Enjoy.

Websites

WorkingWoman.com claims to "redefine the way business is conducted by centralizing best-of-class tools, applications, knowledge, and industry connections, which enable businesswomen to succeed in their careers and business endeavors." I don't find it quite so wonderful (or even 1/2 as good as Working Woman Magazine) but it's a good start for a relativeily new website.

Catalyst Women: www.catalystwomen.org

Forum for Women Entrepeneurs: www.fwe.org

WomenCONNECT: www.womenconnect.com

iVillage: www.ivillage.com

Herspace: www.herspace.com

Women.com: www.women.com

Women in Tech (WITI): www.witi.com

Oxygen Media: www.oxygen.com

Electra.com: www.electra.com

Chickclick: www.chickclick.com

CyberGrrrl: www.cybergrrrl.com

She's Got it Together:www.shesgotittogether.com

Cybermom: www.cybermom.com

Organizations

Founded in 1972, the National Association for Female Executives is the largest dues-paying member organization for businesswomen, serving 125,000 women in the United States.

With 4,300 member organizations, the Business Women's Network is the leading directory of women's business associations in the United States and abroad, reaching 38.7 million women.

The National Foundation for Women Business Owners (NFWBO) offers reports and support for women launching their own business.

Springboard2000 is a women-entrepeneurs event worth looking into if you're thinking about launching a business or seeking funding for your existing business.

The Businesswomen's Research Institute conducts proprietary research on the businesswomen's marketplace for corporations and the media.

Magazines

Working Woman is a terrific magazine providing news, trends, information and insights into the workplace for business women. It emphasizes a life that balances career and family, edited specifically for women executives, managers and entrepreneurs. Marcia is partial to the statistics and quotations on the on the back page. The paper-based magazine is much better than the relatively new website at WorkingWoman.com Subscribe to Working Women at the guaranteed lowest price.

Working Mother focuses on work and life issues for career-committed mothers. Subscribe to Working Mother at the guaranteed lowest price.

Articles

Women Leaders: Challenges and Solutions Laura A. Collins. Profit Magazine. "The visibility of women in the workforce has never been greater than today. The Women's 1998 Economic Summit reported that women make 80% of the purchasing decisions in the economy. Businesses owned by women contribute $2.3 trillion annually to the GNP and employ nearly a quarter of U.S. workers. With the Census Bureau reporting that women are starting new businesses at twice the rate of men, the trend is up, and continuation of that trend is expected."

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