Experts explain women have been getting more business experience, as well as better education, but some still need help getting loans, finding investors, and winning contracts. NPR's Chris Arnold reports on some of the opportunities and challenges facing women entrepreneurs. The number of women starting businesses in this country has been growing at an unprecedented rate. Twenty-five years ago, only five percent of American companies were owned by women. Today, it's more like 30 percent.
Experts point to a number of reasons.
Women have been getting more business experience, as well as better education in more diverse fields. But some still need help getting loans, finding investors, and winning contracts. NPR's Chris Arnold reports on some of the opportunities and challenges facing women entrepreneurs. This is going to be the new Northwestern Memorial Hospital. So, it's going to be a real show-piece in Chicago.