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SME Financing Data Initiative October 2010

This report outlines the business characteristics and recent financing activities of majority female-owned small- and medium-...

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Sustaining the Momentum: An Economic Forum on Women Entrepreneurs

This report presents a synopsis of the research and recommendations stemming from Sustaining the Momentum: An Economic Forum ...

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Action Strategies to Support Women’s Enterprise Development

Report by The Canadian Taskforce for Women’s Business Growth, October 2011 The Taskforce is a national, non-partisan consor...

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Canada’s Small and Medium-Sized Business Owners: Diverse Society in a Mic...

TD Economics Special Report, 12 October 2012 This report includes a section of demographic analysis on women entrepreneurs. D...

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Scaling Up: Why Women-Owned Businesses Can Recharge the Global Economy

Report by BMO Newsroom, 7 March 2013.BMO conducted a survey of Canadian women to identify levels of interest in entrepreneurs...

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Female Entrepreneurs Remain a Relatively Untapped Resource for Economic Gro...

Report by RBC Economics, 17 October 2013 Recognizing the high contributions of small and medium sized businesses to economic ...

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Factors Influencing the Growth of Women-Owned Businesses: Risk Tolerance, M...

Report by the National Women’s Business Council, 30 October 2013 This report draws from existing literature as well as focu...

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21st Century Barriers to Women’s Entrepreneurship

Majority Report of the US Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, 23 July 2014 Three areas of concentration ...

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Diana Report: Women Entrepreneurs 2014: Bridging the Gender Gap in Venture ...

Arthur M Blank Center for Entrepreneurship, Babson College, September 2014 An analysis was conducted comparing US venture cap...

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Growing Your Business

Discussion Paper: Women Entrepreneurs – Financing and Growth

A significant percentage of Canadian women entrepreneurs express growth intention for their businesses. The top personal barr...

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Special Report: Women’s Entrepreneurship

Report by Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, 2015 Globally, the rates of women’s participation in early-stage entrepreneurshi...

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Canadian Women Leading the Charge into Entrepreneurship

TD Economics Special Report, 16 January 2015 This report provides an overview of women-owned business in Canada, aggregating ...

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