Sentences with phrase «number of businesses owned»

Number of businesses owned: 5 (The top 2 positions in the chart above are the same position in different accounts)

During that same time period, by comparison, the number of businesses owned by male veterans actually decreased by 7 percent.

From 2007 to 2012, the number of businesses owned by black women increased 67.5 percent.

Overall, the number of businesses owned by women of color jumped by 42 percent between 2007 and 2012.

And Asian - American women increased the number of businesses they own by 38.7 percent.

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One of a number of reasons I stayed out of my business offices and worked at home as much as possible was because when I went to the office, I was «drawn» to listen in on, interfere with or critique every phone call, look at every fax, poke my nose all the way into everything — to the extent that I ruined everybody else's productivity as well as my own.

Hispanic women seem to be making the most progress, with the number of Hispanic - owned businesses jumping 87.3 percent since 2007.

Black women are also making great strides, and are unique in that they actually own more businesses than black men — about 59 percent of the total number of black - owned businesses.

You can't open a corner coffee shop and hope to become incredibly wealthy; you'll need to scale that business, like branching out and owning a number of different locations.

The firm (which owns Canadian Business) has made a number of major moves leading up to and since then, including shutting down video service Shomi, paring down their print magazine portfolio and shaking up their management structure.

Women - owned businesses account for a greater share of this country's employment and payrolls than they did in 2007, but the numbers remain small.

Although there still appears to be some disparity in the number of companies owned by blacks as compared with the number owned by Hispanics and Asians, businesses owned by all three groups had comparable survival rates from 1992 to 1997.

The chief and his band have built up the successful Nk» Mip Cellars, the first aboriginal - owned winery in North America; a par - 72 golf course; a 4.5 - star resort and spa and a number of other vibrant businesses.

SmartAsset looked at the median earnings for full - time working women, as well as the number of women with high - level degrees and those who own businesses.

The rise of the numbers for women - owned businesses over the past five years is cause for cheer among those who would like to see more equality of business ownership, particularly given the stagnant numbers or declines over the previous half decade.

The U.S. Small Business Administration estimates that the number of minority - owned businesses more than doubled from 1987 to 1997, from a quarter million to a half million businesses, and that the revenues they collectively generated grew more than fourfold.

American Express» 2017 State of Women - Owned Businesses Report estimates that from 1997 to 2017, the number of women - owned firms increased by a rate of roughly more than 2.5 times the national average (114 percent vs. 44 percOwned Businesses Report estimates that from 1997 to 2017, the number of women - owned firms increased by a rate of roughly more than 2.5 times the national average (114 percent vs. 44 percowned firms increased by a rate of roughly more than 2.5 times the national average (114 percent vs. 44 percent).

Black - owned businesses represent 3.3 percent of the total number of firms younger than two years old, WSJ reports.

That included an increase in the VAT from 18 percent to 21 percent, and drastic reduction in the number of state - owned businesses.

The sharks are always disappointed with people who have an unclear idea of their profits — especially if their guessed numbers have a large range like from $ 100,000 to $ 200,000 as it shows how poorly they knows their own business.

Changes in government contracting guidelines, and an awareness of those changes, has made it more attractive for women to own businesses; and there has been an increasing number of resources available to women and veterans who want to become entrepreneurs.

While the number of women - owned veteran businesses has jumped, there's one category of businesses that has taken a dive: Those that are veteran - owned equally by men and women.

The number of black women - owned businesses has more than tripled since 1997, making black females the fastest growing group of entrepreneurs in the U.S. Between 2007 and 2012, the number of black women - owned businesses grew by 67 % according to the National Women's Business Council's Survey of Business Owners.

Mompreneurs: Moms first, business second By Katie Engelhart October 04, 2012 An increasing number of stay - at home moms are starting and succeeding at their own businesses.

Sixty percent of the score for this survey from Wallethub is made of social and economic variables, and Minnesota ranks high for median earnings, unemployment rates and numbers of female - owned businesses.

Canadians increasingly becoming entrepreneurs and small business owners By Matt Lundy October 03, 2012 Following the worst financial collapse since the Great Depression, an increasing number of Canadians have taken control of their earning potential and become their own bosses.

For RVAwonk's tweet, outside of her own audience, traffic and retweets hitting five times her account average can be attributed to a number of users, with Pedro da Costa (@pdacosta), a verified senior correspondent at Business Insider, being the first large account to share her message.

According to a Business Week Online article, «between 1997 and 2004 the number of women - owned companies grew 28.1 percent — nearly three times the rate of all privately held businesses.»

And as for geographic region, California, Texas and Florida lead the pack in numbers of veteran - owned businesses.

According to a report commissioned by American Express OPEN, The State of Women - Owned Businesses, the number of Latina - owned firms between 1997 and 2014 more than tripled (an increase of 206 percOwned Businesses, the number of Latina - owned firms between 1997 and 2014 more than tripled (an increase of 206 percowned firms between 1997 and 2014 more than tripled (an increase of 206 percent).

But a variety of factors have combined in recent years to contribute to the visibility and number of women who start their own businesses.

A growing number of U.S. businesses are taking a closer look at a curious provision in the current draft that could actually advantage those we're trying to punish (in this case, Russia) at the expense of our own businesses here at home.

The latest numbers from the National Foundation for Women Business Owners: as of 1999, women owned 38 % of all companies in the United States, employer and nonemployer ventures alike.

You can create a schedule so that every single day, a certain number of times per day, your social media content that you've saved before will go out through buffer, and that way you can build your audience by curating great content, either from others, or, when you have good news about your own business, share through buffer on an ongoing basis.

For most business schools, the years 1999 and 2000 saw record numbers of graduating MBAs start their own companies.

Poised to secure GolfTEC's position in the $ 62 billion golf industry, Assell needed a million - dollar influx of cash to expand his market - leading, high - tech, golf instruction business - he wanted to double the number of company - owned stores and expand the company's franchise operation.

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Theoretically, it's good for small business: The Wall Street Journal reports that Giuliani hopes at least 13 million people will trade their employer - based insurance for a private plan, bringing the number of Americans who buy their own policies to more than 30 million.

Soon after, a number of Chicago cab companies jointly sued the company, alleging Uber is in violation of a number of city and state regulations, and that by allowing any cab driver to use its service, Uber is cashing in on established taxi brand names and reputations to further its own business goals.

Many public transit agencies are starting to see ride - hailing and other mobility services as a threat to their own business, as some startups, including Lyft, launch shuttle services for transporting larger numbers of riders.

A credit line, offered by a growing number of barter exchanges, is basically an extension of barter credits, which allow a business to buy essential items from other network members before selling its own goods into the system.

The Kauffman Foundation, citing its own research and drawing on U.S. Census data, concluded that the number of companies less than a year old had declined as a share of all businesses by nearly 44 percent between 1978 and 2012.

«I have lost count of the number of people who told me not to take the risk of starting my own business, or not to undertake a particular project,» Michelle Wright, CEO of Cause4, has written.

Indeed, from 1997 to 2007, the number of minority - owned small businesses increased by more than 25 percent, according to data from the Brookings Institute.

Detroit also has the fourth - largest number of minority - owned small businesses among American cities, though it ranks only 23rd by population.

Since then, Patti has reunited with her estranged father, was investigated herself for possible illegal kickbacks, got fired from her job at a nonprofit, ate a tarantula on a reality TV show in her husband's place, got her insurance licenses and started her own company selling coverage to business owners, and saw a number of friends desert her.

We intend to remain a primarily franchised business and are currently very comfortable with the number of corporate stores we own.

That's because you tend to have a relatively high number of high - income households who own small businesses.»

Over the past years while launching and scaling my apparel business I have read countless books and taken a number of courses and Kelsey's approach is on it's own level.»

«Since 1997, whether its numbers of firms, employment or revenue, the rate of growth of women - owned businesses has been phenomenal.