Demographic
Lifestyle Links
Women's
Resources and Links
Women
owned businesses now employ 15.5 million people which is more people than
Fortune 500 companies employ worldwide.
13.7
million American women earn over $25,000 per year.
Women
are starting new businesses twice as fast as men at a rate of over 300,000
new companies a year.
34%
of online users are women.
46
million women have access to a computer compared to 34 million men between
the ages of 18-34 or 14 million youths under 18.
The
Small Business Administration predicts that 40% of small businesses will
be women-owned by the year 2000.
National
Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) 800 55 NAWBO
National
Association for Female Executives (NAFE) 800-634-6233
American
Business Women's Association (ABWA) 816-361-6621
Small Business Resources and Links
Small
and Home-based Business Links
Yahoo
- Business & Economy: Small Business Information
Small
Business Resource Center
United
States Small Business Administration (SBA)
90%
of US businesses have less than 20 employees and 50% of these operations
have less than 5 employees.
Half
of all businesses begin with less than $20,000 and one in four of Inc.
Magazine's 500 ('92) fastest growing companies started with less than $5,000.
Small
business owners averaged a higher income than did wage and salary workers
according to a 1991 Bureau of Census study.
Small
businesses employ every six out of ten people.
All
the major industries which the Bureau of Labor Statistics project to grow
most rapidly in employment are dominated by small businesses.
Small
businesses are creating two-thirds of the net new jobs, and during recessions
small businesses are almost the sole source of job growth.
Between
the years of 1982-1987, the number of minority owned businesses grew by
the following percentages: Black - 38%; Hispanic - 81%; Asian-American
- 89%.
National
Association of Self Employed (NASE) 800-232-NASE
National
Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB) 800-NFIB NOW. Online through
CompuServe.
American
Small Business Association (ASBA) 800 ASBA 911
Family Resources, Activities and Links
Parents
and Children Together Online
Two
out of three American households now own a PC (personal computer).
Over
21% of these households own more than one PC.
A
little over half of households with PC's have kids.
Seniors/Retirees Resources and Links
Third Age
More
than half of this country's discretionary income is controlled by the over
43% of households which are headed by adults over 50 years old. A
Federal Government study shows 30% of people in the 50s and 16% of people
in the 60s have a computer. More
than 50% of consumers over age 50 are interested in trying new technologies
and products. Households
headed by members over 55 have twice as many assets as those headed by
35-55 year olds. In
1989, 21% of Americans were over 55 and by the year 2020 they will represent
one third of the total US population. Association
of Retired Americans (ARA) 800-806-6160 AARP
800-424-3210. Online through America On Line and CompuServe.