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WBENCPitch: Sustainability Showcase & Voting

May 17, 2021 1:49 pm Published by

Voting is now open for the first round of the competition. WBENCPitch: Sustainability is a multi-round virtual sustainability-focused pitch competition is designed to highlight the most innovative business solutions around sustainability.

How Janice Bryant Howroyd Became the First African-American Woman to Build a Billion-Dollar Company

May 13, 2021 1:50 pm Published by

In this special episode of the Women Who Own It podcast, Janice Bryant Howroyd, founder and CEO of The ActOne Group, shares how she started a company with only a few hundred dollars and grew it into a billion-dollar company. Listen now to learn the key foundation Janice says every women-owned business should adopt, the biggest challenge she has overcome in our journey, and how you can leverage the WBENC network like Janice has to create new opportunities for growth.

Become a Supplier in the Healthcare Upstream R&D Supply Chain

April 28, 2021 11:08 am Published by

The WBENC Healthcare Advisory Board is looking for WBENC-Certified WBE suppliers that can address needs in the upstream Research & Development supply chain. Participate in the 2021 Healthcare Industry Spotlight Series that will educate and engage WBEs and corporate buyers and suppliers in the healthcare industry to fill diverse supplier gaps with women-owned businesses.

Let’s Talk Growth: What It Takes to Successfully Scale Your Woman-Owned Business

April 27, 2021 5:31 pm Published by

Have you ever wondered just what goes into successfully growing and scaling a company? For most women business owners, creating sustainable growth comes down to trial and error. But to create the growth — and the impact — you want, there are a few key foundational practices every woman business owner should integrate to set her company up for scaling success.