AWE Resources
AWE will be following the NC State mandate in order to encourage social distancing outside the classroom, effective immediately and until further notice, NC State is prohibiting on-campus events, meetings and gatherings. Effective immediately all in person AWE events are cancelled.
AWE Resources
Find resources to help you build and grow your business. Advancement of Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) wants to support female entrepreneurs at every stage of their journey.
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PRIVATE AND GOVERNMENT RESOURCES
Small Business and Technology Development Center
The Small Business and Technology Development Center (SBTDC) service center at NC State University is located in Raleigh. Our experienced business advisory team offers confidential, in-depth business counseling to mid-sized company business owners and management staff.
http://www.sbtdc.org/offices/ncsu/
Free Workshops
Small Business Administration
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) was created in 1953 as an independent agency of the federal government to aid, counsel, assist and protect the interests of small business concerns, to preserve free competitive enterprise and to maintain and strengthen the overall economy of our nation.
www.sba.gov
Women’s Business Centers
Women's Business Centers (WBCs) represent a national network of over 100 educational centers throughout the United States and its territories, which are designed to assist women in starting and growing small businesses. SBA’s Office of Women’s Business Ownership (OWBO) oversees the WBC network.
www.sba.gov/tools/local-assistance/wbc
National Women’s Business Council
The National Women’s Business Council (NWBC) is a non-partisan federal advisory council created to serve as an independent source of advice and counsel to the President, Congress, and the U.S. Small Business Administration on economic issues of importance to women business owners.
www.nwbc.gov
National Association of Women Business Owners
Founded in 1975, the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) is the unified voice of over 10 million women-owned businesses in the United States representing the fastest growing segment of the economy.
www.nawbo.org
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation works with communities to champion uncommon solutions and share stories that underscore the essential role of education and entrepreneurship in empowering all people within an inclusive economy.
www.kauffman.org
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NETWORKING
ChickTech
ChickTech is a national organization serving tens of thousands of girls and women every year through tech programs and events. ChickTech facilitates hands-on technology-centric events and programs to empower, support, and increase the confidence of women and girls.
www.chicktech.org
e51
e51 is building a robust, visible ecosystem that cultivates high-impact women entrepreneurs through peer advising and coffee connection networking; training through bootcamps, classes and accelerators; and catalyzing students, early stage and seasoned entrepreneurs.
www.e51community.com
The BOSS Network
The BOSS Network is a community of career and entrepreneurial women who support each other through conversation, online and event-based networking.
www.thebossnetwork.org
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ONLINE FORUMS
Woman Entrepreneur Magazine
A subsidiary of Entrepreneur Magazine, Women Entrepreneur Magazine empowers women in business by connecting, inspiring & creating business women across the world.
www.entrepreneur.com/women
The Tory Burch Foundation
Empowering women entrepreneurs.
www.toryburchfoundation.org
Women 2.0
With daily content on women in technology, Women 2.0 has made its mission to increase the number of female founders of tech startups with inspiration, information, and education.
www.women2.com
Elevator Pitch - Entrepreneur.com
Advice, insight, profiles and guides for established and aspiring entrepreneurs worldwide.
https://www.entrepreneur.com/watch/elevatorpitch