Click here to see the 2011 Woman Entrepreneur of the Year Award Winners
In 2009, Women’s Initiative launched the Woman Entrepreneur of the Year Awards to recognize communities and the local economy. In 2009 and 2010, Women’s Initiative honored more than 100 women business owners from cities throughout the Bay Area at events in San Francisco, Oakland, Contra Costa County, Marin County and Silicon Valley. We look forward to honoring approximately ten more women business leaders in each of our five regions in 2011 at elegant, inspiring events.

What can your company achieve by sponsoring?
  • Exposure to the thousands of business leaders who support Women’s Initiative.
  • Access to the hundreds of business leaders who will attend each Woman Entrepreneur of the Year Awards event.
  • Illustrate your company’s dedication to improving the local community and commitment to supporting women in business.
  • Directly impact economic growth and job creation in the Bay Area

About Women’s Initiative

Women’s Initiative for Self Employment is the largest microenterprise training and funding organization in the country. For more than 20 years, the Bay Area nonprofit has been providing low-income women with the business training, access to funding, and ongoing support to start and grow their own businesses and become financially self-sufficient. The women who complete our training significantly increase their income and assets while launching businesses, creating jobs and stimulating the local economy. In 2010 our recent graduates created more than 3800 jobs in the Bay Area!

Regional Sponsorship Information
Click below to download your Regional Sponsorship Information and Pledge Forms (PDF)

Alameda
Contra Costa
North Bay
San Francisco
Silicon Valley and Peninsula