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Growth of Women-Owned
Businesses Explodes! Demand for Training
and Assistance is Needed
Now to Help Businesswomen Achieve Full
The 2nd-annual Business Women Series, held in
Irvine, California
on Thursday June 8, 2006, will assist women in
learning new
business development strategies as well as achieve
total well
being.
Whether it’s the need for more flexibility in their
schedules or
an inner call to make their dreams into reality,
there is no
doubt that women-owned businesses are making a huge
impact on
our national economy. According to statistics from
the Center
for Women’s Research and the Small Business
Administration,
women-owned businesses has grown 50 percent over the
last 10
years, growing twice as fast as any other type of
business
throughout recent years.
Whatever the reason that women are starting their
own business,
there is one underlying characteristic they all have
– all are
risk takers. And while the Center for Women’s
Research indicates
that newer women-owned firms tend to be founded by
women with
managerial experience, there is no doubt that there
is a
continual need for women to educate themselves on
new business
strategies that can help grow their organizations.
“Women typically
find that they have to assume many different
roles when they start their own business, and for
many that is
overwhelming,” said Aggie Kobrin, founder of
Conference and Expo
Connections, LLC, which will be holding the
2nd-annual Business
Women Series on June 8 in Irvine, Calif. “That’s why
it is so
essential to offer women business owners support and
education
on how to achieve a solid foundation and grow their
business.”
Kobrin created the event to assist women to learn
new
cutting-edge business development strategies and
develop the
skills needed to run a successful business. The
Business Women
Series will also include Learning Sessions on Friday
June 9, at
which women can take intensive half-day workshops.
The workshops
offered include sessions on Personal Broadcasting,
How to
Attract Clients, and the Art of the Interview. This
year’s event
will include an inaugural Health and Wellness Expo,
designed to
help women realize that a successful business starts
from
within. All in all, the conference will empower
women to reach
their greatest potential.
“The conference is not just about building a
business,” says
Kobrin. “It’s about helping women achieve their
goals and
realize themselves,” Kobrin added.
This year’s
conference will include over 20 experts discussing
topics such as marketing, public relations,
coaching, stress
management, mentoring, and attracting clients. Among
the 20
speakers and 4 panels this year include television
personality
Dr. Letitia Wright, who will tape her nationally
syndicated
cable show, “The Wright Place,” from the conference
including an
interview with the editor of Entrepreneur magazine;
three-time
Olympian and founder of OlympicMotivation.com, Ruben
Gonzalez;
Mimi Donaldson, business consultant,
nationally-renown speaker
and author; and Millionaire Mentor Gregory Scott
Reid.
The Business Women Series is sponsored in part by
KNX 1070
Newsradio, Ameriprise Financial, Entrepreneur's
Source, Besack &
Associates, Business Wire, Irvine Chamber, RBN,
Meetings &
Mixers, The Wright Place, Trade American Card,
Womens Calendar
and Womens Radio.
General admission to the event is $117 for all members of
affiliate groups, or $157. Admission includes access
to all
seminars, the exhibit area, Health & Wellness
Expo, a buffet
lunch, and the evening networking reception with
complimentary
hors d’oeuvres. There is also a $27 exhibit
area/Health &
Wellness Expo/reception ticket available. For more information,
please visit the Business Women Series website at
http://www.businesswomenseries.com
or contact Aggie Kobrin at
(949) 727-1211 or aggie@businesswomenseries.com
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