Presented By: Karen Miller,
President of NAWBO Delaware

Growing Together. Rising Together

There is no frame of reference for where we are in American life and as business women. What can we do to weather the volatility and uncertainty in which we find ourselves? NAWBO Delaware is here to help. First and foremost, NAWBO Delaware is a sisterhood of women business owners whose mission is to provide education, resources and networking and leadership opportunities, both locally and nationally, for women entrepreneurs to grow their businesses. In times like these we should remember to draw on the power of the NAWBO network.

With 80 chapters and more than 9,000 members—the majority between the ages of 45 and 54 years old—the National Association of Women Business Owners is the voice of women entrepreneurs in America. Nearly 70% of NAWBO members are service businesses and more than 80 percent of our members have employees. An amazing 21 percent of NAWBO members gross more than $1 million in annual revenues. We represent the interests of women entrepreneurs across all industries.

Since 1975, NAWBO has helped women evolve their businesses by sharing resources and providing a single voice to shape economic and public policy. Affordable health insurance coverage, increased federal procurement opportunities, and access to capital are overwhelmingly the top three public policy issues for NAWBO members.

NAWBO supports affordable health insurance offerings for small businesses that would lower costs and promote multi-year predictability for women business owners and their employees.

NAWBO supports achievement of the five percent Federal procurement goal for women-owned small businesses and government-wide implementation of the restricted competition (set aside) program for women-owned small businesses authorized by Congress in 2000.

NAWBO supports increased access to capital for women entrepreneurs and works to ensure that women business owners can get the funding they need to grow their businesses. NAWBO helped pass the Women’s Business Ownership Act of 1988 (also known as HR 5050), which allowed women in all states to receive a business loan without the co-signature of a male relative. With this historic victory under our belts, we continue to strive to open doors for women business owners seeking various forms of capital.

NAWBO believes the national business tax burden is significant and could harm small business competitiveness. We support equitable tax policy for large and small businesses that fosters the economic growth of women-owned and other small businesses.

NAWBO Delaware offers over 25 educational programs, networking events and roundtable discussion groups statewide as well as
leadership opportunities.

Join us on June 18 for our legislative program and tour of the Capitol in Dover!
For more information, please visit www.NAWBODelaware.org or contact us at 302.355.9945 or info@nawbodelaware.org.

To visit the NAWBO Legislative Action Center, go to  www.capwiz.com/nawbo/home.

To register or find out more information, visit www.NAWBODelaware.org or call 302.355.9945 .

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302.355.9945
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info@nawbodelaware.org

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