Entrepreneurial Ecosystems and Their Service of Women Entrepreneurs
Washington Core for the National Women’s Business Council
First published April 2017
Women-owned businesses are a significant and growing but underrepresented segment of the U.S. economy. In order for the United States and its various regions, to reach full economic potential, policymakers need to be able to assess the mechanisms throughout their local economies that support women entrepreneurs and to effectively coordinate the variety of stakeholders that share the same goal.