The Wells Fargo Open for Business fund gave CDFIs and nonprofits the long-term resources they needed to help underserved businesses grow and their communities thrive.

The 2024 Impact of Women-Owned Businesses—an inaugural report—chronicles the impact of COVID-19 on US businesses and how it opened opportunities for women. It highlights the growth of women-owned businesses from 2019 to 2023, especially those owned by women of color, and explores the intersection of gender with race, business size, industry, and geography.

Veterans know how to face down challenges and solve problems, which is why they make good entrepreneurs. But funders may not see that when the veteran is a woman.

If you want a good investment, look for women on the team. A new book shows you why.

Starting a business requires funders who have faith in the founder and in the product. For Black women entrepreneurs, that’s not easy, but Jessica Spalding found a way to leverage multiple resources into business growth.

Women entrepreneurs don’t have to be afraid to take on debt, if they work with the right partners, such as CDFIs that are dedicated to helping small business owners.

Women are generally responsible for childcare so it’s no surprise that female founders are creating innovative startups to solve the childcare crisis. And it’s also no surprise that women are investing in famtech startups.

Even if you weren’t born with money and connections, you can still achieve your entrepreneurial dream. Kathryn Finney’s book, Build the Damn Thing, tells you how to go for the brass ring.

Products to help new mothers through the fourth trimester of pregnancy—the 12 weeks after the birth—are part of the femtech revolution. Female founders who understand from first-hand experience are developing these products.

Female founders finally have a guidebook geared to the challenges they face when starting a business. Dare to Launch is practical, not theoretical, and based on the actual experience of female founders.

While women do face external barriers to success, they also create internal barriers. By ending self-sabotage and embracing their power, women can achieve success.