Women Entrepreneurs Attend NY Entrepreneur Week in a Big Way

Over 40 % of the 2600 people attending the New York Entrepreneur Week held November 16,2009 were women! The event, called "Stand Up and Come Together", challenged entrepreneurs from across New York State to be the "catalyst for change" in today's difficult economic climate. Read more about it in the marketwire press release. The stated goal of New York Entrepreneur Week,"to make connections across diverse industries, from young idea-stage innovators to hundred million dollar revenue generators, and join them together in a unifying movement that propels inspired business, facilitates lasting connections, and generates opportunities for more successful entrepreneurial ventures", offers women an opportunity to gain access to great people and great ideas. Read more about it on nyew.org. New York Entrepreneur Week Founder Gary Whitehill tells us, "It's a well known fact that women entrepreneurship is underrepresented. New York Entrepreneur Week has a specific focus on integrating hyper-targeted content relevant to women entrepreneurs. This provides women the well deserved opportunity to stand up and come together as a collective group. New York Entrepreneur Week continues to seek additional women-focused organizations to partner alongside. To date, NYEW has featured over 50 women and partnering with organizations such as: Astia, Womensphere and Womens' President Organization."

Comments

[Craig Grella]

Obama is pushing for moms to return to work, in the corporate world and working for themselves.

I think the latter will provide a great platform for women who decided to leave the workforce to raise families to add some real creativity (and value) to the working world.

I'm excited to see some of the new companies coming online in the coming months.

Craig Grella
Cornerstone Funding Services, Inc.
Business Creation and Operation Strategies
www.cornerstonesvs.com