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Women Get Ready, Get Set and Go Global

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Today, women are starting businesses at twice the rate of men and becoming a major force both in the traditional and the new global e-business marketplace.

Women account for 30 percent of the businesses that export more than half of their products. “Women-owned firms participating in the global marketplace grow more rapidly than women-owned businesses that are primarily domestic,” SBA Administrator, Aida Alvarez said. “They are more apt to develop a new product or service and expand domestically. At the SBA (http://www.onlinewbc.org/), we have several programs in place to help women-owned businesses take advantage of the outstanding opportunities available through international trade.”