Forbes: Women Entrepreneurs, Get Certified As A Woman-Owned Business
Certifying your business as woman-owned is worth doing because it could potentially land more business opportunities and government contracts.The U.S. government intentionally looks for women-owned business to award specially-designated government contracts.To be certified, the company must be at least 51 percent owned by one or more women, who are U.S. citizens or permanent legal resident; and one or more women must control management and daily business operations. Certification is a valuable marketing tool for expanding a company's visibility among decision makers in corporate supply chain