WBDC In The News
Media Mentions and Press Releases
Media Mentions
- Hurwitz Sagarin Slossberg & Knuff (HSSK) attorney Sara Sharp will be honored with the Patricia Billie Miller Award for Outstanding Community Service...
- On August 22, Libertas Funding, LLC celebrated the election of Trish Havey to the board of directors at the Connecticut Women’s Business Development Council (WBDC)...
- The Women's Business Development Council recently elected Trish Havey to its board of directors...
- The Women's Business Development Council recently elected Trish Havey to its board of directors...
- Hurwitz Sagarin Slossberg & Knuff attorney Sara Sharp will be honored with the Patricia Billie Miller Award for Outstanding Community Service at the Connecticut Women’s Business Development Council’s (WBDC) Annual Gala...
- In August 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic was in full swing, Women’s Business Development Council founder and CEO Fran Pastore noticed something disturbing about the government financial aid being distributed to small businesses in Connecticut. That led to a conversation with Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz...
- Connecticut ranks as the seventh best state for female entrepreneurs, scoring a 8.34 on a scale of 10. The state boasts a notable business survival rate of 63.49%...
- The Women’s Business Development Council’s Small Business Grant application period is now open. These applications support the WBDC’s Ignite Grant, for established woman-owned businesses, and Child Care Business Opportunity Fund Grant, for established and aspiring child care businesses...
- Attendees will have the opportunity to meet representatives from the Connecticut Small Business Development Center (CT-SBDC), the Women's Business Development Council (WBDC), ...
Press Releases
- The Women’s Business Development Council (WBDC) is announcing the hiring of Ronae Mason-Craig as Outreach Coordinator for its new office location in Waterbury — scheduled to open later this year. In this role, she will be responsible for expanding WBDC’s reach in the Waterbury area....
- The Women’s Business Development Council is encouraging child care businesses in Connecticut to apply for grant funding through the WBDC Child Care Business Support Program and Opportunity Fund. The program is supported by a partnership between WBDC and the Connecticut Office of Early Childhood (OEC) and offers grants of up to $25,000 to qualified child care businesses. ...
- More than 300 registrants from 79 Connecticut cities and towns registered to celebrate Women-Owned Business Day on April 26. Women-Owned Business Day is WBDC’s signature event to honor and promote Connecticut’s robust community of women entrepreneurs and to connect them with members of the state’s leadership, 125 of whom joined the event’s Host Committee to show their support of women-owned businesses....
- The Women’s Business Development Council (WBDC) is announcing a pair of recent new hires, bolstering a strong team of professionals available to support Connecticut’s women-owned businesses and entrepreneurs....
- The Women’s Business Development Council (WBDC) was honored to receive the 2023 Outstanding Business Supporter of Arts & Culture at the Chamber of Commerce of Eastern CT Annual Meeting & ECTy Celebration. The Southeastern Connecticut Cultural Coalition presented the award in partnership with the Chamber of Commerce of Eastern Connecticut at the March 30 event held at Foxwoods Resort Casino. ...
- Four New London businesses have been selected by the Women’s Business Development Council (WBDC) to receive a combined $40,000 in the latest round of awards for the New London/WBDC Small Business Grant Program. The program, launched in October through a partnership between the City of New London and WBDC, makes available grants of up to $10,000 to eligible New London-based businesses....
- The Women’s Business Development Council (WBDC) has announced several new additions to the organization. WBDC is welcoming four new members of the organization’s Board of Directors — Laura Davis, Sonia Hounsell, Monica Moore, and Sarah Watson. In addition, Johanna Bloom has been hired to serve as a Marketing Business Advisor, where she will work with clients to develop marketing strategies and tactics to drive business goals....
- Applications are now being accepted for a new round of the Women’s Business Development Council (WBDC) Equity Match Grant Program. The program offers grants of up to $10,000 to qualified women-owned small businesses in Connecticut, and since its launch in 2020 has awarded grants to 167 businesses, totaling $1.5 million, and counting....