Comments on: What’s on the Mind of Women Entrepreneurs http://blog.womeninconsulting.org/women-in-business/whats-on-the-mind-of-women-entrepreneurs/ All Things Consulting Tue, 10 Jan 2012 01:46:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Linda Popky http://blog.womeninconsulting.org/women-in-business/whats-on-the-mind-of-women-entrepreneurs/comment-page-1/#comment-30 Linda Popky Tue, 11 Nov 2008 06:34:50 +0000 http://blog.womeninconsulting.org/?p=222#comment-30 Hi Elaine. Thanks for the comment. Many of the attendees were already certified women owned enterprises and there was a big display at the event to encourage women to signup for the CCR, which is the listing of contractors registered to sell to the federal government. Government regulations mandate that 5% of spending should go to women-owned businesses, but the problem is there are very few such businesses that are listed in the CCR, and if you're not listed there, the government can't buy from you. I recently went through the women owned business certification through WBENC at the request of a client, and I have to say it was not as difficult as I had been led to believe. (The more complex your business and the more layers of management, the more difficult this process may be since the certifying groups have to be clear that the key deciisonmakers and owners of the business are women. My business was simple in that regard.) I know there are at least several other WIC members who have been through this process. Hope this is helpful. Linda Hi Elaine. Thanks for the comment. Many of the attendees were already certified women owned enterprises and there was a big display at the event to encourage women to signup for the CCR, which is the listing of contractors registered to sell to the federal government. Government regulations mandate that 5% of spending should go to women-owned businesses, but the problem is there are very few such businesses that are listed in the CCR, and if you’re not listed there, the government can’t buy from you.

I recently went through the women owned business certification through WBENC at the request of a client, and I have to say it was not as difficult as I had been led to believe. (The more complex your business and the more layers of management, the more difficult this process may be since the certifying groups have to be clear that the key deciisonmakers and owners of the business are women. My business was simple in that regard.) I know there are at least several other WIC members who have been through this process.

Hope this is helpful.

Linda

]]> By: Elaine Starling http://blog.womeninconsulting.org/women-in-business/whats-on-the-mind-of-women-entrepreneurs/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Elaine Starling Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:02:13 +0000 http://blog.womeninconsulting.org/?p=222#comment-28 Thanks for representing our interests at this important event. It's only by sharing our needs and priorities that we can collaboratively develop solutions. Was there any discussion of the value of the Women Owned Business certification? I'd love to get a discussion going around the relative merit and best practices if someone wants to move forward with the certification. Thanks for representing our interests at this important event. It’s only by sharing our needs and priorities that we can collaboratively develop solutions.

Was there any discussion of the value of the Women Owned Business certification? I’d love to get a discussion going around the relative merit and best practices if someone wants to move forward with the certification.

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