By Dr. Terry Neese, Founder, Institute for Economic Empowerment of Women No matter how long you are in business, there is always something new to learn. Whether it is becoming more familiar with the benefits of marketing through social media or learning about new products that are available in your field, all small business
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Introducing our Afghan 2012 PEACE THROUGH BUSINESS® Leadership Development Students! These businesswomen are coming to the USA to partake in our “Business Boot Camp” at Northwood University in Texasand the International Women’s Economic Summit at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C. NAME: Farah Deeba Karimi BUSINESS: Afghan Women Global Engineering & Construction Company Limited When Farah embarked into the workforce
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Terry Neese, who works with women in Rwanda and Afghanistan to help them build businesses, poses with a soccer ball at her office in Oklahoma City on Wednesday, April 11. The ball was made in Afghanistan. THE OKLAHOMAN DOUG HOKE DOUG HOKE - THE OKLAHOMAN There are humble beginnings, and then there is Cookietown. Small
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Introducing our Rwandan 2012 PEACE THROUGH BUSINESS® Leadership Development Students! These businesswomen are coming to the USA to partake in our “Business Boot Camp” at Northwood University in Texas and the International Women’s Economic Summit at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C. NAME: Josephine NYEBAZA BUSINESS: Intra Cargo, LTD Abandoned at seventeen after the death of her
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Check out some of our Afghan and Rwandan 2012 PEACE THROUGH BUSINESS® graduates working in their business! The PEACE THROUGH BUSINESS® program is a training and mentorship program for women entrepreneurs in Afghanistan and Rwanda. This program is implemented through three major components —In-Country Education, Leadership Development, and Pay It Forward—which combine to create
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The 27 million small business owners across this nation are holding their breath in anticipation following the Supreme Court’s wrapping up of its arguments over President Obama’s landmark health care law. There are many who oppose it, and just as many who favor it. But, whether in favor or against, Democrat or Republican, one fact
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