Resources For Women In Business

2. American Business Women's Association
The American Business Women's Association includes tens of thousands of members throughout the country, united to support each other in professional development and career advancement.

3. 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.

4. Catalyst
The nation's leading non-profit research organization focusing on women in the workplace provides a wealth of information on women of color and mentoring, and other resources including new and noteworthy people, best practices, ideas.

5. Center for Women's Business Research
The Center for Women's Business Research is the premier source of knowledge about women business owners and their enterprises worldwide. The Center documents the economic and social contributions of women business owners. In addition, the Center connects corporate leaders with women business owners, nonprofit advocates and government leaders at an annual Executive Roundtable event.

6. 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.

7. National Association for Female Executives
Provides career counseling, resume services, discounts on travel, insurance, business services, annual conferences and seminars.

8. National Association of Women Business Owners
The National Association of Women Business Owners propels women entrepreneurs into economic, social and political spheres of power worldwide. NAWBO works to strengthen the wealth-creating capacity of members and promote economic development; create innovative and effective changes in the business culture; build strategic alliances, coalitions, and affiliations; and transform public policy and influence opinion.

9. National Women Business Owners
Has established the NWBOC Network 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.

10. National Women's Business Council
The National Women's Business Council is an independent advisory panel of the federal government. It serves as an independent source of advice and counsel to the President, the Congress and the Interagency Committee on Women's Business Enterprise on matters of importance to women business owners. It also helps gauge the effectiveness of programs and policies designed to support women-owned businesses.