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In 2016, WomenVenture helped women launch or strengthen more than 600 businesses, producing $47.5 million in gross sales and creating or retaining more than 1,300 jobs.

In 2016, Minneapolis was ranked 29th for one of the best places for businesses and careers.

CEO Shirley Wikner of Aviation Charter has built the Eden Prairie-based fly, fuel and repair business into a 10-plane, 54-employee company .

WomenVenture, which counsels and loans money to female-owned businesses, was awarded a $375,000 grant from the Kellogg Foundation

WomenVenture, adviser and small lender to fledgling female-owned businesses, is expanding its portfolio, thanks partly to a $250,000 Wells Fargo grant

WomenVenture loan client, Yolanda Maxwell, is the owner of Little Steps Childcare Center in St. Paul