Nearly 575 Delaware entrepreneurs have received more than 1,200 hours of training since the Women’s Business Center (WBC) at First State Community Loan Fund opened last fall, providing support, training, funding and mentoring to women business owners throughout the state.
More than 100 representatives from Delaware’s business and nonprofit communities gathered at White Clay Creek Country Club to mark a successful first year for the organization, a release noted.
The celebration, planned and organized by WBC clients, will highlight the impact the WBC has made on the business community.
“There’s no question that the Women’s Business Center has made a difference,” says Jessica Gibson, WBC Program Director. “During our first year alone, we held 370 counseling one-on-one sessions to support and grow businesses led by women – talk about impact!”
Denai Wolfe, the owner of Primo Hoagies on Kirkwood Highway, was among the first to participate and says, “The WBC has given me, as a small businesswoman, support that I never could have imagined.” In its first year, the WBC was recognized as a leader among state women business centers nationwide. The winner of the 2015 Delaware InnovateHer startup business plan competition, Lia Diagnostics, won the national InnovateHer first prize at a May competition in Washington, DC.
