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This presentation desribes the rise in Latina women entrepreneurship. Latina women are taking on positions in business-ownership something that was unheard of even a decade ago. This presentation suggests that these numbers will continue to soar and position Latina's differently from here forward.
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Latinas as Entrepreneurial Role Models
Nilda Perez
A 60 percent increase in Latin American small
businesses is due mainly to Latina
women
1 out of every 20 US-born Latina
1 out of every 10 foreign born Latina
are self-employed
Latinas are mostly micro-entrepreneurs having few or no
employees
There are about
787,914 Hispanic women-owned businesses in the U.S.
This shift in Latino businesses ownership has created a Latino
middle class
No longer living in barrios but are mainstreaming in middle class
neighborhoods
Latinas startsmall businessesstriving forfinancial independencefor their families
Revenues of these businesses have increased
57.8 percent since 2002
The estimated revenue of Hispanic women-owned firms across the U.S. totals $55.7 billion
There is a rise in organizations focused on Latina entrepreneurs
Latina’s are taking their place in leadership roles and are achieving roles in business that were unheard of even a decade ago.
