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Support Entrepreneurship

Support Entrepreneurship

Support Entrepreneurship

Support Entrepreneurship

Support Entrepreneurship

# new businesses started

Current Value

32

Q4 2023

Definition

Number of new businesses started with support from CMCA's Women's Business Center.

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Story Behind the Curve

CMCA offers classes, workshops, economic resourcing, individualized business training, and counseling to people interested in starting their own businesses through the Missouri Women's Business Center.  Data indicates the year-to-date numbers of new businesses started in mid-Missouri through participation in the MoWBC.  

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Additional Data

Data in the charts below indicate the number of new business starts by race of business owner.

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Why Is This Important?

Entrepreneurship is widely recognized as an indicator of the overall economic health of a region.  It improves productivity, intensifies competition, spurs innovation, and creates jobs.  As new businesses enter the field, both new and existing businesses must compete for customers while implementing innovative solutions to increase productivity.  As new businesses expand and take on employees, they contribute to the labor market and provide employment to local workers.  For the entrepreneur, business ownership offers a path to self-sustained financial stability.

Interested in supporting CMCA in this endeavor?  Click here to find out how you can help.

Data Sources: 

1. Center for American Entrepreneurship. (2021).  "Why Is Entrepreneurship Important?"

2.  Innovations. (2021).  "How Is Entrepreneurship Good for Economic Growth?", Zoltan Acs, March 2006.

How We Impact

The Missouri Women's Business Center provides resources, support, and networks for women seeking to grow or start their own businesses.  MoWBC is dedicated to providing small business development assistance to aspiring women, with a focus on minority and low-to-moderate income-based entrepreneurs throughout Mid-Missouri. We do this through relevant programming and guided support to help them start their own business. From initial concepts to building a steady stream of economic resources, our mission is to break down the barriers that women in our community face when owning and operating a business.

Interested in helping CMCA make an impact in your community?  Click here to learn more.

Partners

Funding for MoWBC is provided in part by the federal Small Business Administration.  The Missouri Women’s Business Center would like to recognize the local community businesses and organizations that have made our mission possible. Without their help, we would not be able to provide the services that help hundreds of women in our community succeed each year.  We invite you to meet our partners.

Interested in partnering with CMCA?  Click here to learn more about how you can help.

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