A proposal from the Small Business Administration that would limit the type of set-aside contracts given to women-owned small businesses and the US Senate is trying to block it.
The bill would prohibit the SBA from “implementing a proposed rule that would limit the use of sole-source contracts for women-owned small businesses to only four industries,” the Senate Appropriations Committee wrote in a report on the legislation.
So  how do you feel about this? Who’s right?
Do women get too many breaks to build a business? Or are there not enough?

Entrepreneur Magazine and the Women Presidents’ Organization have launched a search for the 50 Fastest-growing women-owned or women-led companies in North America!
The competition finds the 50 Fastest™ women-owned/women-led companies in North America. Companies will be ranked according to revenue growth from 2003 to 2007. The Top 50 fastest-growing companies will be publicized in the November 2008 issue of Entrepreneur Magazine.
To be eligible, companies must be…

privately-owned
women-owned/led
must have generated $100,000 in annual revenue by the first week of 2003
must have reached revenues of $1 million by year-end 2007

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