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DCWBC Women Entrepreneur Profile: Advanced Technology Solutions LLC

By NCRC / August 15, 2023 / Field Notes / 2 minutes of reading

This is part of a series of profiles showcasing the talented entrepreneurs of NCRC’s DC Women’s Business Center. Advanced Technology Solutions LLC is a women-owned business started by Dionysianna Ala’ilima that provides IT consulting services. What kind of product or service do you sell? We provide IT consulting and field engineering services. Are you a […]

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DCWBC Women Entrepreneur Profile: Kids and Culture, LLC

By NCRC / May 11, 2023 / Field Notes / 2 minutes of reading

This is part of a series of profiles showcasing the talented entrepreneurs of NCRC’s DC Women’s Business Center. Kids and Culture, LLC is a women-owned business started in 2010 by Jania Otey that provides cultural education, programs, classes, camps and cookbooks for kids. What inspired you to start your business? In 2010, Kids & Culture

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DCWBC Women Entrepreneur Profile: Hortiki Plants

By NCRC / April 27, 2023 / Field Notes / 2 minutes of reading

This is part of a series of profiles showcasing the talented entrepreneurs of NCRC’s DC Women’s Business Center. Hortiki Plants is a women-owned business started by Dr. Victoria LeBeaux in 2017 that provides eco-friendly garden kits. What kind of product or service do you sell? Hortiki Plants provides eco-friendly garden kits that make sustainable gardening simple and fun. Hortiki’s

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DCWBC Entrepreneur Profile

By NCRC / March 23, 2023 / Field Notes / 2 minutes of reading

This is part of a series of profiles showcasing the talented entrepreneurs of NCRC’s DC Women’s Business Center. Nicole’s Kitchen is a women-owned business started by Nicole Flint that sells fresh baked treats to the DMV area.

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DCWBC ShopHER Profile: Batax Bule

By Deb Almond / May 10, 2022 / Field Notes / 6 minutes of reading

Today, we spoke with Metrini Geopani Weaver, owner of Batax Bule. Batax Bule is a globally inspired and ethically sourced fashion, jewelry and home textile design studio based in Washington, DC, and one of the women-owned, small retail businesses located at ShopHER.

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DCWBC ShopHer Profile: The Elm Shop

By Deb Almond / April 26, 2022 / Field Notes / 4 minutes of reading

This week we talked with Elaine Myada, owner of The Elm Shop and participating vendor at ShopHER. The Elm Shop is a women’s boutique that curates unique and beautiful items that support Black-owned businesses and HBCUs across the country.

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DCWBC ShopHer Profile: Yul D’Uz

By Deb Almond / April 6, 2022 / Field Notes / 4 minutes of reading

This week we talk to Yulia Semchenko, owner of Yul D’Uz. Yulia designs women’s outerwear and accessories using a traditional, handmade material from Central Asia called ikat.

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DCWBC ShopHer profile: T&U Cashmere

By Deb Almond / March 21, 2022 / Field Notes / 3 minutes of reading

Hello! This is the first in a series of profiles showcasing the talented entrepreneurs of ShopHER, a pop-up incubator for women-owned small businesses in the DC Metro Region. Our first interview is with Tosca Metz, owner of T&U Cashmere.

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A DC founder follows her father’s floral footsteps

By Monti Taylor / December 7, 2021 / Field Notes / 6 minutes of reading

DC Women Business Center Resource Coordinator Monti Taylor interviewed Alexes Haggins about her experience before deciding to launch her new business and the resources that supported her in the process.

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How Kim Alfonso is Creating A Diverse, Inclusive and Accessible World for People with Disabilities

By Monti Taylor / November 16, 2021 / Field Notes / 8 minutes of reading

DC Women’s Business Center, Founder Feature: Kim Alfonso is the Co-Founder and CEO of Results One LLC , and is a client of the DC Women’s Business Center, an NCRC program. Kim Greenfield Alfonso is a native Washingtonian and the daughter of medical professionals who graduated from Howard University. She credits her father for instilling in

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DC Women’s Business Center director Heidi Sheppard named to board of the Association of Women’s Business Centers

By NCRC / October 8, 2021 / Press Releases / 3 minutes of reading

The Association of Women’s Business Centers (AWBC) has named Heidi Sheppard, Project Director, DC Women’s Business Center (DCWBC) as the new board member of the AWBC board of directors.

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Report: Women-owned small businesses in DC negatively-impacted by COVID-19

By NCRC / July 20, 2021 / Press Releases / 3 minutes of reading

DC Women’s Business Center surveyed 274 small business owners in the D.C. metro area to learn how the COVID-19 pandemic and economic downturn affected their businesses.

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Women-Owned Small Businesses In D.C Metro Region: Challenges & Resilience In A Time of Pandemic

By NCRC / July 20, 2021 / Research / 36 minutes of reading

DC Women’s Business Center surveyed 274 small business owners in the D.C. metro area to learn how the COVID-19 pandemic and economic downturn affected their businesses.

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The Mental Health of Women Entrepreneurs: Challenges and Solutions

By Monti Taylor / July 8, 2021 / Field Notes / 7 minutes of reading

Adessa Barker, a well-being practitioner and the host of the popular podcast, Attitude Changes Everything, spoke about the mental health of women entrepreneurs.

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Mother’s Day Gift Guide From DC Women’s Business Center

By Monti Taylor / May 5, 2021 / Field Notes / 4 minutes of reading

If you are shopping for the different women in your life this Mother’s Day, consider buying gifts from the businesses in the DC Women’s Business Center Mother’s Day Gift Guide.

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