DETROIT– The Great Lakes Women’s Business Council, an SBA funded Women’s Business Center, will present the 17th Annual Great Lakes Women’s Business Conference on September 26 and 27, 2017 at the Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi. The conference will focus on strategies for growing women owned businesses with corporate and government matchmaking and executive level workshops.
The conference is targeted to Women’s Business Enterprise National Council certified women business owners; supplier diversity and purchasing representatives of corporations, public institutions and government entities; and women who are interested in growing their businesses.
A study of WBENC certified women businesses shows that the average business has $7.7 million in annual revenue, 46 employees, and 14 years in business.
When Monica Starks and Denise Griffith, co-founders of the Detroit-based GS Group obtained WBENC certification, they grew their company significantly with contracts from large corporations. In 2015, the Great Lakes Women’s Business Council presented them with the Outstanding Achievers award.
For more information and to register, please visit https://www.greatlakeswbc.org.
The Great Lakes Women's Business Council empowers women and minorities economically through business development training, supplier certification, business-to-business networking and accessible capital assistance programs. It is one of over 100 SBA funded Women’s Business Centers in the country.