| | Shelton Patch - February 14, 2012 |
| Shelton Woman Expands Her Business With Help From Women’s Business Development Council (WBDC) |
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| | ShorelinePlus.com - February 14, 2012 |
| Ten years ago Marta Cuminotto abandoned a traditional 9 to 5 career in search of a new profession. She knew she wanted a business that afforded her flexibility and her desire to help women in need of her very specialized services – Permanent Hair Removal. |
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| | The New Haven Register - February 12, 2012 |
| The Women’s Business Development Council is accepting applications for its FastTrac New Venture Class for Start Ups entrepreneurial training program. |
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| | Shoreline Times - February 11, 2012 |
| The Women’s Business Development Council is accepting applications for its FastTrac New Venture Class for Start Ups entrepreneurial training program.
The class is designed for aspiring business owners and focuses on matching participants’ business development needs to a business plan they develop to make their vision a reality. |
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| | Fairfield County Business Journal - February 10, 2012 |
| Women’s entrepreneurship is climbing. Pam Wallace left the corporate world knowing a lot about consumer marketing and next to nothing about massage – when it came to trying her hand at her own spa in Stamford, she says that corporate training worked out the kinks that would have otherwise given her some sleepless nights.
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| | The Daily Darien, February 7, 2012 |
| Licensing and Registration in Connecticut – Walk In Day - Every business in Connecticut needs to register and some may require one or more licenses. |
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| | ConnecticutPlus.com - February 2, 2012 |
| Program offers Pie In The Sky hope for local woman. Products such as “Hit By A Truck” and “Who Loves Ya?” register high on the clever scale, but how do they fare as successful products? Linda Drost, founder of Daily Aromatherapy, used the skills gained from the Women’s Business Development Council’s (WBDC) entrepreneurial training program, FastTrac ™ to gauge her progress. |
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| | ConnecticutPlus.com - January 27, 2012 |
| Even in Connecticut, the current recession has added a level of economic stress to the budgets of many of families particularly those headed by women. In response to the needs of its core clientele, Women's Business Development Council is taking action to help educate its clients on how to manage financial needs with less resources. |
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| | Hartford Woman Online - January 28, 2012 |
| WBDC Programs: Reinventing CT - Small Business is...Big Business! Governor Dannel P. Malloy's special sessions on jobs, over the past few months, produced many pro-business measures designed to spur job creation, innovation, and business growth. |
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| | TheDailyStamford - January 27, 2012 |
| Discover WBDC’s resources for business, personal finance and professional development. Attend a free session and learn how WBDC's programs and services can provide you with the tools to prepare for your future through self-employment, self-sufficiency and professional development. |
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| | Republican-American - January 16, 2012 |
| Women thinking about starting their own businesses or wanting to improve an existing business can get help from The Women's Business Development Council. |
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| | ShorelinePlus.com - January 13, 2012 |
| WBDC offers program to address financial needs of small business. |
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| | New Haven Register - January 10, 2012 |
| A New Haven entrepreneur has received a laptop through the Women’s Business Development Council to help launch her business. |
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| | StamfordPlus.com - January 10, 2012 |
| With a charitable gift from First Niagara Bank, Women’s Business Development Council established an Opportunity Fund to help clients pursue their entrepreneurial dreams. |
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| | Danbury News Times - January 6, 2012 |
| Study shows smaller businesses warming to their banks. |
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| | Stamford Magazine - January/February 2012 |
| Power and Politics. David Gergen-former White House advisor and frequent TV analyst-was the keynote speaker. |
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| | Norwalk Plus Magazine - January 5, 2012 |
| WBDC received a $25,000 grant from the Fairfield County Community Foundation (FCCF). |
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| | The Hour - January 3, 2012 |
| WBDC receives grant from FCCF. |
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| | The Litchfield County Times - December 24, 2011 |
| WBDC recently graduated seven students from the Kauffmann Foundation’s FastTrac, a nine-week entrepreneurial development program. |
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| | Norwalk Plus Magazine - December 15, 2011 |
| WBDC creates entrepreneurs in Stamford. |
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| | The Hour - December 15, 2011 |
| WBDC graduates 9 from Fast Trac |
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| | The Advocate - November 4, 2011 |
| Gergen sees long, rocky road to economic recovery
Speaks at WBDC breakfast: Women-owned businesses can lead comeback
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| | Fairfield Minuteman - November 2, 2011 |
| Seminar on ‘Small Business Strategies’ hosted at library |
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| | New Canaan Patch - October 25, 2011 |
| Thinking Outside the (Tissue) Box |
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| | WNPR - October 18, 2011 |
| Connecticut Firm Brings Work Back From China. Wilton company overcomes obstacles to manufacturing in the US.
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| | ConneticutPlus.com - September 29, 2011 |
| First Niagara helps WBDC launch annual breakfast. The Women’s Business Development Council (WBDC) will present its 10th WBDC Business Breakfast: Power, Politics & Purse Strings on Thursday, November 3, 2011 at the Trumbull Marriott Merritt Parkway in Trumbull CT. |
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| | The News Time - January 19, 2012 |
| Business council plans free Fairfield tax seminar. |
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| | Stamford Advocate - September 16, 2011 |
| Gergen to address WBDC.
David Gergen, former White House adviser to presidents Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton, will be the keynote speaker when the Stamford-based Women's Business Development Council presents its 10th WBDC Business Breakfast: Power, Politics & Purse Strings.
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| | Darien News - August 20, 2011 |
| WBDC, First Niagara combine for Opportunity Fund. Started with $10,000 First Niagra grant: Program benefits budding entrepreneurs.
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| | StamfordPlus.com - August 19, 2001 |
| Weston woman to bring manufacturing back to USA. With help from the Women’s Business Development Council (WBDC) Amy Davis, CEO of Kiss-u Corps LLC secured a line of credit from Chase to bring her business manufacturing operations from China to the USA. |
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| | The Stamford Times - August 17, 2011 |
| Weston business bringing jobs to U.S. from China. Buoyed by a line of credit by JPMorgan Chase, Kiss-u Corps will move manufacturing operations from China to the U.S., said company owner Amy Davis. Stamford-based Women's Business Development Council (WBDC) helped Davis secure the line of credit. |
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| | The Advocate - August 10, 2011 |
| WBDC, First Niagara combine for Opportunity Fund. Started with $10,000 First Niagra grant: Program benefits budding entrepreneurs. |
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| | The News Time - August 5, 2011 |
| Area business people in the news - Monique Wilson, of Norwalk, has been awarded a business technology grant from the Women's Business Development Council's Opportunity Fund. Monique is the owner of Oasis Therapeutic Massage for Wellness in Norwalk, established in 2007. ...
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| | StamfordPlus.com - August 1, 2011 |
| Norwalk entrepreneur receives grant . With an initial gift from First Niagara, WBDC established an Opportunity Fund to help clients pursue their entrepreneurial dreams. Monique Wilson of Norwalk is one of the first recipients to benefit form WBDC’s Opportunity Fund.
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| | The Hartford Courant - July 20, 2011 |
| Gov. Dannel P. Malloy continues his jobs tour today with a couple of stops in Fairfield County.
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| | Daily Stamford - July 20, 2011 |
| Women Tell Malloy Education Creates Jobs. Fairfield County businesswomen gave Gov. Dannel Malloy advice Wednesday morning on how to create more jobs in Connecticut. Stamford dentist Tatiana Barton suggested starting a dental technicians program at the University of Connecticut. |
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| | The Advocate - July 20, 2011 |
| Malloy talks jobs on tour. In Connecticut, there are 124,000 businesses owned, operated and run by women, a demographic that hasn't been extensively followed by the state.
Fran Pastore, chief executive officer of the Women's Business Development Council, brought these points forward in a roundtable discussion with Gov. Dannel P .Malloy on Wednesday.
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| | Stamford Patch - July 20, 2011 |
| Stamford's WBDC Meet With Gov. Malloy Gov. Dannel P. Malloy made Stamford the next stop on his Jobs Tour as he engaged in a lively roundtable discussion with the Women’s Business Development Council
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| | The Advocate - June 24, 2011 |
| WBDC loses Stamford's community block grant funding. A Stamford-based nonprofit organization that has served entrepreneurs and fledgling small businesses in much of Fairfield County for 14 years will be providing its programs in 2011-2012 with no funding from the city where it's headquartered.
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| | StamfordPlus - June 21, 2011 |
| CT business woman testifies before US Senate. Fran Pastore, President & CEO of the Women’s Business Development Council testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship in Washington DC on June 16 during an Examination of US Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Programs to review eliminating inefficiencies, duplications, fraud and abuse in the agency. Ms. Pastore was invited to testify by staff of Senator Mary Landrieu (D) Louisiana, Chair of the Committee. Senator Olympia Snowe (R) Maine is the Ranking Member.
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| | StamfordPlus.com - May 30, 2011 |
| WBDC's programs offered in July. The Women’s Business Development Council (WBDC), a leader in helping women become economically self-sufficient through entrepreneurial training, offers numerous programs to help people start or improve their own business. To register or obtain more information about WBDC programs, call 203.353-1750 or visit ctwbdc.org, or e-mail info@ctwbdc.org.
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| | WNPR - April 11, 2011 |
| Recession Creates, Destroys Entrepreneurs. Business creation spikes during high unemployment, but many don’t last. |
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| | StamfordPlus.com - Apr 13, 2011 |
| Businesswoman receives statewide honor. Several local business leaders have received awards from the Connecticut Small Business Administration and will be honored at a celebration in May. These awards recognize small businesses in each state that have met certain criteria in categories such as job growth, a steady increase in annual sales, innovation and commitment to community. Margaret “Peg” Sheahan of Mitchell & Sheahan in Stratford, CT has been selected as the United States Small Business Administration's 2011 Connecticut's Women in Business Champion of the Year.
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| | The Advocate - April 8, 2011 |
| There are 110 Women's Business
Development Councils in
the United States, but only one
has a seat on the National Women's
Business Council, and it is
now occupied by Fran Pastore,
founder and chief executive officer
of the panel's chapter in
Stamford. |
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| | The News Time - April 8, 2011 |
| Fran Pastore, founder, president and chief executive officer of the Women’s Business Development Council in Stamford, has been appointed to serve a three-year term on the National Women’s Business Council There are 110 Women's Business Development Councils in the United States, but only one has a seat on the National Women's Business Council, and it is now occupied by Fran Pastore, founder and chief executive officer of the panel's chapter in Stamford. |
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| | ConnecticutPlus.com - April 5, 2011 |
| New grants enable WBDC to provide more support. Thanks to an initial investment of $10,000 by NewAlliance Bank, The Women's Business Development Council of Connecticut (WBDC) has established a new Opportunity Fund which will offer a unique opportunity for post-training support and guidance to WBDC scholarship recipients who have successfully completed one or more of the WBDC's Business Planning, Career Development, and/or Advanced Financial Coaching programs.
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| | Contact.com - April 4, 2011 |
| WBDC Gets Training Grant - NEW HAVEN — The Women’s Business Development Council (WBDC) has received a $10,000 grant from the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven to provide general operating support for entrepreneurial and professional-development training programs for low- and moderate-income clients or those who live in or own small businesses in low- and moderate-income areas in greater New Haven.
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| | DC Small Biz - April 7, 2011 |
| Nine Newly Appointed Women Join National Women’s Business Council. Donna A. James, Chairwoman of the National Women’s Business Council (NWBC) recently announced the names of nine newly appointed women to the Council. |
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| | The News Time - March 22, 2011 |
| Business People - Fran Pastore, chief executive officer of the Stamford-based Women's Business Development Council, has been appointed as a member of the executive committee for the Business Council for Peace and to the board of directors of Association of Women's Business Centers.
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| | The Stamford Times - March 20, 2011 |
| Fran Pastore, women business owners. CEO of the Women's Business Development Council (WBDC) has been appointed as a member of the executive committee for the Business Council for Peace (Bpeace) and to the Board of Directors of Association of Women's Business Centers (AWBC). |
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| | The Advocate - March 1, 2011 |
| Growing to serve small businesses
Stamford-based group expands, bigger role seen for local entrepreneurs in recalibrated economy
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| | The News Time - February 28, 2011 |
| Growing to serve small businesses - Women's Business Development Council: As Stamford-based group expands, bigger role seen for local entrepreneurs in recalibrated economy.
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