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SUMMARY:California Women's Economic Summit 2026
DESCRIPTION:Hosted by: California Women’s Business Centers (CA WBC) Network\nDate: Wednesday\, May 13\, 2026\, 8:30 am to 3:30 pm (Opening Reception evening before)\nLocation: Tsakopoulos Library Galleria\, Sacramento\, CA\nTickets: Early bird pricing available until April 3rd Click here to purchase \nThe California Women’s Economic Summit convenes women entrepreneurs\, small business support organizations\, policymakers\, funders\, and educators to spotlight how small business ownership — especially women-owned — and women-led businesses are central to women’s economic health\, wealth-building\, workforce participation\, and community stability across California. This one-day statewide gathering elevates data\, lived experience\, and policy solutions that align entrepreneurship\, workforce systems\, and public investment to strengthen California’s economy through women-led growth. \nThe Summit is designed as a platform — not just a conference — to position women’s entrepreneurship as economic infrastructure and ensure its impact is politically defensible\, fundable\, and impossible to ignore. \nWhy It Matters\n\n40% of California businesses are women-owned\, generating more than $580B/year\nWomen-owned businesses are growing 2x as fast as male-owned firms nationwide.\nSmall business ownership is a key pathway to women’s wealth-building and long-term economic mobility\, especially women of color\, immigrant entrepreneurs\, & rural founders.\nWomen-owned and women-led small businesses help close critical gaps in:\n\nChildcare supply\nWorkforce shortages\nSmall business continuity\nLocal economic stability\n\n\n\nWho Should Attend\n\nWomen entrepreneurs and small business owners\nWomen’s Business Centers (Directors\, Counselors\, Advisors)\nMission-aligned partners (SBDCs\, SCORE\, chambers\, CDFIs\, CBOs)\nState and federal legislators and agency leaders\nPhilanthropic and corporate funders\nEducators and workforce development partners\nEconomic and community development leaders
URL:https://californiawbc.org/event-2/california-womens-economic-summit-2026/
LOCATION:Tsakopoulos Library Galleria\, Sacramento\, CA
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