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Fostering Female Entrepreneurship

Iris KronenbitterNational Agency for Women Start-ups & Entrepreneurs

Germany

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Approach / Motivation

Career pathway / biography of work

Starting procedures

Business objectives and targets

Framework of action

Women Way of starting a business is different !


Data & Facts on Women Entrepreneurship

• Most of Women Entrepreneurs start their business in the field of services

• Women Entrepreneurs often start one-person-enterprises

• Female businesses act often more in regional/local than international markets

• Women Entrepreneurs start with smaller capital • Capital comes from family and friends rather than

financing institutions• Women Entrepreneurs average employ only 2/3 as

much as male entrepreneurs


European Social Fund (ESF)

Funded by


National Agency for Women Start-ups and Entre-preneurs:

Nation-wide body for all activities focusing start-ups by women and female entrepreneurs since 2004.

Providing information and services for all areas and phases of company foundation, consolidation and succession for the political, business, academic and public sectors.

Awarded by the European Union as Best Practice in 2009.


State Level

Representatives in all 16 states of Germany

Coordinating the state-activities on female start-upsActing as contact nodes for the regional actorsRepresenting bga on regional levelOrganizing regional networksRegular exchange of good practice between the 16

nodes


Regional Level

More than 1.700 regional partners:

430 Advisory agencies

960 Experts & Consulting Agencies

310 Networks & Female Business Centers

Cooperations with all relevant multipliers:

Chamber of Commerces & Crafts,

Business Associations,

Ministries, Communities, etc.


Tasks & Services

exchange of information

experts‘ database

educationconsulting

data and facts

networking

innovations

advice to federal government

researchservices

internet portal

rising awareness


News, statistics, fact sheets, research, etc. 380 current qualification measures like seminars, trade fairs, trainings, workshops,

coaching & mentoring for multipliers & female entrepreneurs all over Germany Start-up support, e-trainings, professional literature, campaigns, 30 publications,

exhibitions, road shows, etc. Access to suitable advisory agencies, experts and net-works of female start-ups

and women entrepreneurs including their present profiles of know-ledge, qualifica-tions & references

Information & Qualification & Consulting


Thematic current focus

Business Transfer by women, Technology oriented & Innovative start-ups through women

Selfemployment of women in the growing markets like the Creative Industries

Connecting Research with Practice, Leading to Transfer into Practice

Service sector approach, female Freelancer & Business Cooperations


contact

bundesweite gründerinnenagenturHaus der WirtschaftWilli-Bleicher-Straße 1970174 StuttgartGermany

[email protected]

Iris Kronenbitter Tel. +49 - (0)711 / 123 – 2669Fax. +49 - (0)711 / 123 – [email protected]