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Klassi Duncan Honored with 2024 Marsha Bailey Leadership Award at AWBC Leadership Conference

By AWBC | Oct 21, 2024 | 0 Comments

The Association of Women’s Business Centers (AWBC) is proud to announce that Klassi Duncan, Vice President of the Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation (CEI) at…

Spotlight on AWBC’s Stearns Bank Partnership

By AWBC | Oct 16, 2024 | 0 Comments

Stearns Bank and the 2024 AWBC Leadership Conference In September 2024, the Association of Women’s Business Centers (AWBC) hosted its highly anticipated annual Leadership Conference…

Insights from Biz2Credit’s 2024 Women-Owned Business Study: Webinar

By AWBC | Sep 30, 2024 | 0 Comments

Women-owned businesses continue to make significant strides in the small to mid-sized business landscape. During a recent webinar, Corinne Goble, CEO of the Association of…

MentorshIP: The Secret Sauce for Women Entrepreneurs Webinar

By AWBC | Sep 30, 2024 | 0 Comments

Insights from the Webinar: “Mentorship: The Secret Sauce for Women Entrepreneurs” Our CEO, Corinne Goble, recently attended an enlightening webinar hosted by the U.S. Patent…

SBA Announces $30 Million in Grant Funding for New Women’s Business Centers

By AWBC | Jun 12, 2024 | 0 Comments

Under the Biden-Harris Administration, SBA Has Expanded WBCs to Over 150 Nationwide in All 50 States, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico Published on June 11, 2024…

ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN’S BUSINESS CENTERS CELEBRATES ANNOUNCEMENT OF 17 NEW WOMEN’S BUSINESS CENTER AWARDS

By AWBC | Apr 4, 2024 | 0 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACTinfo@awbc.org WASHINGTON, D.C. – April 5, 2024 The U.S. Small Business Administration recentlyannounced an expansion of Women’s Business Centers (WBCs) across ten…

AWBC Celebrates The Graduation of 36 Women’s Business Centers

By AWBC | Dec 18, 2023 | Comments Off on AWBC Celebrates The Graduation of 36 Women’s Business Centers

Honoring the Inaugural Cohort for the National WBC of Excellence Program Sponsored by Dutch Bros WASHINGTON, D.C. – AWBC is honored to celebrate and recognize…

U.S. SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION OFFICE OF WOMEN’S BUSINESS OWNERSHIP HAS ANNOUNCED FUNDING OPPORTUNITY ANNOUNCEMENT (FOA) FOR 2024 WBC INITIAL PHASE FOR TENNESSEE, CONNECTICUT, AND IDAHO

By AWBC | Nov 27, 2023 | Comments Off on U.S. SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION OFFICE OF WOMEN’S BUSINESS OWNERSHIP HAS ANNOUNCED FUNDING OPPORTUNITY ANNOUNCEMENT (FOA) FOR 2024 WBC INITIAL PHASE FOR TENNESSEE, CONNECTICUT, AND IDAHO

U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) | Office of Women’s Business Ownership (OWBO)Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) No. OWBO-2024-01Base Budget Period: March 29, 2024 – March 30,…

BIPARTISAN SUPPORT FOR WOMEN’S BUSINESS CENTER PROGRAM AMID CONTENTIOUS HEARING ON SBA ENTREPRENUERIAL DEVELOPMENT

By AWBC | Nov 16, 2023 | 0 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 14, 2023 CONTACT advocacy@awbc.org WASHINGTON, D.C. – During a heated House Small Business Committee oversight hearing that focusedon the Small Business…

AWBC SIGNS MUTUAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT WITH WOMEN ENTERPRISE SUPPORTING CENTER (WESC) FOR GLOBAL SOLIDARITY

By AWBC | Nov 1, 2023 | 0 Comments

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Association of Women’s Business Centers (AWBC) entered a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Women Enterprise Supporting Center (WESC) to provide expertise and to support female small and medium-sized companies in Korea and the United States who enter the local market.