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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.

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Business Enhancement Services

Business Enhancement Services offers effective on-going training, technical assistance and personal support during the critical early stages of business development.

For clients who've been in business more than one year and have a formal business plan, additional support is available through Mentoring Circles. A collaborative partner of Women's Initiative, Mentoring Circles offers mentor matches twice yearly, in March and September.

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