WBDC In The News
Media Mentions and Press Releases
Media Mentions
- Four Connecticut women-owned businesses will receive $25,000 grants from the Women’s Business Development Council (WBDC), and included is one from Guilford...
- The Women’s Business Development Council officially moved into Hartford...
- The Women’s Business Development Council is set to officially unveil its fifth women’s business center on Monday, Sept.16...
- The women’s business development council (WBDC) has a new office in Hartford. This new 2,500-square-foot space was funded in part by a $150,000 grant from the US small business administration....
- The women’s business development council (WBDC) has a new office in Hartford. This new 2,500-square-foot space was funded in part by a $150,000 grant from the US small business administratio...
- A new women’s business center opened on Monday in Hartford...
- The Women’s Business Development Council (WBDC) launched its newest women’s business center in Hartford on Monday morning...
- A nonprofit organization in Connecticut officially opened a new office in Hartford on Monday in its quest to help women start and succeed in business...
- Providing support as Borgnis-Tobin and Tucker started their journey was the Women's Business Development Council of Connecticut. “They create opportunities for women in all stages of entrepreneurship and are a resource with mentorship and education,” Borgnis-Tobin said...
- As of noon Wednesday, 30 hours after the application portal opened, 108 applications have been submitted, according to the Women’s Business Development Council. An additional 85 applications have been started but are not yet submitted...
- The non-profit Women's Business Development Council is administering the grants on behalf of the state....
Press Releases
- The Women’s Business Development Council (WBDC) is hosting two pop-up shopping days in Stamford on September 14 and October 20, providing an opportunity for residents of Stamford and its surrounding towns an opportunity to support local women-owned businesses....
- Fashion icon and philanthropist Diane von Furstenberg will be the keynote speaker at the Women’s Business Development Council’s (WBDC’s) Annual Women Rising Gala and Awards Celebration, to be held Oct. 28 at the Hyatt Regency Greenwich. Annie Lamont, First Lady of Connecticut and Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Oak HC/FT, will serve as the event’s Honorary Chair....
- STAMFORD, Conn. — A program designed to support, sustain, and grow child care businesses in Connecticut — an industry devastated by the pandemic — has shown in its first two years to n...
- STAMFORD, Conn. — Leyla Dam is just one proprietor of a women-owned enterprise in Connecticut who was able to pivot, survive, and then thrive during the pandemic — largely through the ...
- STAMFORD, Conn. — In honor of the 8th WBDC Women-Owned Business Day, the Women’s Business Development Council (WBDC) will host a virtual event Thursday, April 21, 2022, celebrating 25 ...
- The opening of the application window — May 23 through July 3 — marks the fifth round for the grant program. Recently, WBDC announced the grant recipients from round four, 30 in total....
- STATEWIDE, CT — The Women’s Business Development Council (WBDC) is pleased to announce the hiring of five new staffers, including three new business advisors specifically committed to ...
- The Women’s Business Development Council (WBDC) is pleased to announce the hiring of five new staffers, including three new business advisors specifically committed to supporting home- and center-based child care businesses in Connecticut. The child care industry has been particularly hard-hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, with many providers closing their doors due to factors such as severe revenue losses, increased health compliance costs, and staffing shortages. This situation has wider ramifications for the economy as a whole, as a lack of available child care has forced millions of parents — primarily working women — to pause or stop their careers to care for young children....