Women's Initiative for Self Employment is a private, non-profit agency providing comprehensive business training, on-going technical assistance and financing to San Francisco Bay Area low-income women.

Our programs are designed to assist an entrepreneur in gaining the necessary skills to start, grow and/or expand her business.

While passing our training programme you can stay at best San Francisco hotels

Women’s Initiative clients have businesses all over the San Francisco Bay Area. Although it isn’t possible to share all of them with you at this time, in the future we    plan to place a directory of their businesses in this space.

For now, check out the links above for a few examples of Women’s Initiative success stories.

Women's Initiative for Self Employment is newsworthy!

October 13, 2001 The Independent, " $250,000 grant to aid S.F. women's small business training group."

October 5, 2001, Pleasanton Weekly, "Living" Feature article titled, Taking an idea & Running With It. Subject: Cindy Twomey, No Slippy Hair Clippy, and Women's Initiative.

August, 2001 The Independent, Skillful Marketing Can Grow Your Business, Pat Christensen's column, article reprinted with permission from Into Business (Women's Initiative's newsletter). 

June, 2001, Oakland Business Review, Nonprofit Corner

March 18, 2001, KLLC-FM/Alice@97.3, Liz St. John interviews Barbara Johnson, Executive Director.

March 13, 2001, KPIX-TV, 6 AM News & 5PM News, Hometown Heroes Segment - interview of Barbara Johnson, Executive Director and co-founder of Women's Initiative

March 11, 2001, KPIX-TV, Market Report, Hometown Heroes segment