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Hey there! I’m adding a new “feature” to StartUp Ladies in which I give you a weekly brief of women entrepreneur sitings and happenings. I will try to do this once a week; we’ll see how it goes.

• Wall Street Journal wants to know where the women are in their Top 20 most influential business thinkers ranking.
• Newswise released the following article/report from the Center for Women’s Leadership at Babson College— Women’s Entrepreneurship matters—women are creating and running businesses around the world, contributing to economies that represent more than 70% of the world’s population and 93% of global GDP (2007).
• Business Wire reports - Yahoo! Inc. today announced recipients of its “Seeds for Success: Empowering Women Entrepreneurs” grant program, choosing three unique, innovative business ideas from more than 5,500 proposals.
• Reuters reports - ‘Mompreneurs‘ fill market gaps in baby, mother products.
• Entrepreneur.com - The second annual Women in Charge conference, hosted by Entrepreneur and OPEN from American Express.
• Washington Post reports - The Small Business Administration’s Office of Advocacy today released a study that examines why women are emerging as a fast-growing sector of new small business owners.

What do you think? Do you like this new feature or do you have any suggestions or comments regarding any of the sitings or happenings mentioned? I would love to hear your comments.

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