From Forbes Magazine:
As far as Southern Belles go, women business owners in Atlanta (No. 5) are killing it. The SBA granted more than $18 million in loans to 19 businesses in the past year, and women-owned businesses have reported revenues of just shy of $30 million. Atlanta is among the five metro areas as measured by the AMEX OPEN report where growth in women-owned firms are experiencing the fastest growth (with other Best Cities No. 3 Dallas, No. 15 San Antonio, No. 4 Washington DC and No. 14 Baltimore).
Discuss.
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I seem to remember reading something about a group formed by female entrepreneurs that used social media to “crowd source shop” at one small independent female owned shop per month at a specific time/day. From what I’ve heard it was highly successful, and gave these shops a great deal of free advertising by word of mouth. One was in VA Highlands but cant remember which one. It was several months ago
And the first female entrepreneur to a billion – the hot
Sara Blakely – Spanx
http://www.forbes.com/sites/clareoconnor/2012/03/07/undercover-billionaire-sara-blakely-joins-the-rich-list-thanks-to-spanx/
I hear Calypso and Sally Forth are big customers
Well, I certainly am a fan of Ms. Blakely’s.
Atlanta is a great place.
……………Ladies.
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