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lead with purpose
Leadership is one of the most important aspects of entrepreneurship. We believe a great way to foster your leadership skills is to listen to other leaders. That is why WBENC has launched our new podcast -- Women Who Own It. Subscribe to the Women Who Own It Podcast and learn from the incredible female founders leading today's women-owned businesses! 

The first episode of the new Women Who Own It Podcast is live! Listen now to Jane Henry, Founder & CEO of SeeHerWork and her insights for how to apply innovation to overcome adversity and grow your company.  Don't forget to subscribe to the Women Who Own It Podcast so you will never miss an episode! Reviews help us reach a wider audience to motivate and inspire with insights of these incredible female founders and business leaders. Leave us a review wherever you listen to podcasts.

This week we are continuing to share our weekly gratitude round-up. Want to participate? Send us an email and tell us three things you are most grateful for. 

Gratitude Round-Up

What our readers are grateful for this week:
  1. The opportunity to lead my business toward a national-wide phenomenon
  2. The time to reevaluate priorities
  3. My amazing, resilient, resourceful, and creative staff and our ability to serve others

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Recipes Using Black-Owned Products 

This week’s round-up is a group of fresh summer recipes that use women of color-owned products. Grab these products and get cooking!

Your support for businesses owned by women of color is an investment into a future of economic success, innovation, and equality. 
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featured business

MinkeeBlue

MinkeeBlue Travel/Work Bags are designed to solve a problem—eliminate the need to carry two or three bags. With a MinkeeBlue, women can now take items normally carried in her purse, lunch bag and laptop bag, and organize them in one MinkeeBlue bag. Whatever is needed for her busy day—shoes, laptop, umbrella, purse essentials, phone, lunch, sweater, snacks, files—it’s all in the bag.
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women who own it

Sharon Reynolds

Bryla J Couture Clothiers

"Become the bold change agent other young women business owners aspire to be by setting good examples in your business acumen and by being visible in the community. Show your passion for good causes and challenge others to join you in your quest to make a difference in the lives of others."
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resources

COVID-19 Resources for Women-Owned Businesses

Navigating the COVID-19 pandemic as a business owner is extremely difficult, especially with new information coming at you every day. To help, WBENC has compiled a comprehensive resource center with frequently updated resources, news, webinars, links and news to help women-owned businesses stay informed and weather this crisis. 
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Upcoming webinars for women-owned businesses:

the round-up
  • Entrepreneur: Empathy-based entrepreneurship has the power to push ideas forward
  • TED: 10 warning signs for leaders who are getting in their own way
  • Forbes: Leaders of tomorrow will need these 4 rare skills
  • Tiny Buddha: How to gently coax yourself out of your comfort zone

the last word

"I define success as raising balanced children who contribute positively to society."

Unoma Okorafor, Ph.D.
Herbal Goodness
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Women Owned is an initiative from the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) and WEConnect International.
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