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Biz Scholarship Available
Program Supports Entrepreneurs
I am excited to see this impact continue to expand as we select the next group of visionary, driven wāhine.
Women from East O‘ahu can apply until July 31 for the 2022 Zonta Interna- tional Jane M. Klausman Women in Business Schol- arships, sponsored by the Zonta Club of Leilehua.
management career.
There is a $1,000 club
of education, careers and leadership roles, they still comprise a minority of lead- ers in the business world. Foissotte states that as of December 2020, 21.2% of Standard and Poor’s 500 companies’ board seats are occupied by women, and just 6% of the companies’ CEOs are women.
Business women and female entrepreneurs on the East side who want to expand their network and boost operations can apply for the Hawai‘i FoundHer program. The entrepreneur accelerator course provides grant funding, child and elder care services, work spaces, and mentorship.
The scholarships, first awarded in 1998, are open to women enrolled in at least the second year of an undergraduate program through the final year of a master’s program in busi- ness, leading to a business
scholarship and Zonta Inter- national offers 37 scholar- ships of $5,000 worldwide. Since the program’s begin- ning, Zonta has awarded 676 scholarships, totaling more than $1.6 million to 522 women representing 66 countries.
According to the Purple Mai‘a Foundation, women entrepreneurs start busi- nesses at twice the rate of men and generate a better return on investment than their male counterparts, but only receive 2%-3% of all venture capital and are loaned less money by in- vestors. This is something the foundation wants to change.
achieved many new mile- stones in hiring, product development and sales.
According to Zonta member Karen Foissotte, while women have made great strides in the pursuit
For more information and to submit an applica- tion, email zontaleilehua@ gmail.com.
Led by nonprofit or- ganization Purple Mai‘a Foundation, FoundHer was created by women for women and is specifi- cally tailored to the needs of Native Hawaiian, Pa- cific Islander and/or Asian women running business- es in the following fields: tech, fashion, health and wellness, food systems and restaurants, and keiki and education.
“I am excited to see this impact continue to ex- pand as we select the next group of visionary, driv- en wāhine,” states Darien Siguenza, Hawaii Found- Her program manager.
The Hawaii FoundHer program was launched last year and organizers say the first round of participants
This year’s FoundHer program takes place in September. Applications will be accepted through July 15. For more infor- mation and to apply, visit foundher.org.
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