Throughout the Bay Area, women entrepreneurs are making a real difference in their communities – mentoring others, leading by example, innovating within their industries and stimulating the local economy.

At Women’s Initiative, we celebrate all women in business, and have created an award to showcase those who are going above and beyond. Thanks to everyone who nominated a business and helped spread the word about our program, and thanks to all the nominees who submitted entries.

The winners will be celebrated at the following events. You are invited to join us to promote women in business in your city:

Wednesday, Oct 19
Lakeside Theater at the Kaiser Center
300 Lakeside Drive
Oakland, CA 94612
5:30-8:30pm
Click here for more information and to purchase tickets

Thursday, October 27
One Leidesdorff
San Francisco, CA
5:30-8:30pm
Click here for more information and to purchase ticktes

Thursday, Nov 10
Hotel Sofitel
Redwood City, CA
6:00-9:00pm
Click here for more information and to purchase tickets

Monday, Nov 14
Round Hill Country Club
Alamo, CA
5:00-8:00pm
Click here for more information and to purchase tickets

Tuesday, Nov 15
Mill Valley Community Center
Mill Valley, CA
5:30-8:30pm
Click here for more information and to purchase tickets

“Women entrepreneurs are one of the strongest economic forces in this country,” said Julie Castro Abrams, CEO of Women’s Initiative. “We want to create a movement that promotes women’s entrepreneurship and makes people aware of the incredible contributions women business leaders make not only to their local communities but also to economic recovery.”

»CLICK HERE to see sponsorship benefits and information.
For questions, please contact Beatriz Rojas at
brojas@womensinitiative.org

About Women's Initiative

Women’s Initiative is the nation’s largest microenterprise
training and funding organization. For more than 20 years,
we’ve provided training, funding and ongoing support to
low-income women so they can start their own businesses
and become economically self-sufficient. The women who go
through our program not only significantly increase their
income and assets, but also launch businesses, create jobs
and stimulate the local economy. For more information, please
visit our website www.womensinitiative.org