WIB 2023 Women in Business LEADING THE WAY
18.9 % OF SMALL, MEDIUM SOCIAL ENTERPRISES ARE MAJORITY-OWNED BY WOMEN 50 % OF BUSINESSES LAUNCHED TODAY ARE STARTED BY WOMEN
92.7 % OF WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESSES EMPLOY FEWER THAN 20 PEOPLE
40.2 % OF SELF-EMPLOYED INDIGENOUS PEOPLE ARE WOMEN
50 % OF ONLINE BUSINESSES RECENTLY LAUNCHED WERE FOUNDED BY WOMEN
11.1 % OF WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESSES EXPORT
PEI has amazing women entrepreneurs. They have persevered despite COVID with multiple shutdowns, the devastation left by Fiona and a plethora of winter snowstorms.
In the following pages you can read the stories of this year's Women in Business profiles. We know you'll be inspired!
Sources: Catalyst (2022); Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub; Women in Business, Grant Thorton (2022)
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