It's extremely good for small-business owners, in particular underserved groups like minorities and women.

It's never really too early to start contacting the venture capitalists once a business plan has been thought out and once you know when you are going to need the money, ... Don't wait until the week before you need it.

The movie business divides women into ice queens and sluts, and there have been times I wanted to be a slut more than anything.

Our loan officers were seeing women coming into the bank struggling to be successful in business. We realized we weren't seeing a lot of men coming in with struggles.

It's just good business to do business with women.

We are excited to be working with an organization that shares our goal of financially empowering women business owners,