“There is Room for You”: Inspirational Advice from 3 Successful PA Female Entrepreneurs | #PAProud Blog
April 15, 2022
Women are storming the entrepreneurial landscape and making it a space where others can follow. Between 2014 and 2019, the number of women-owned businesses climbed 21% to a total of 12.9 million. According to American Express’s 2019 State of Women-Owned Business Report, between 2018 and 2019 alone, U.S. women started an average of 1,817 new […]
Pennsylvania’s Industrial Resource Center (IRC) Network, comprising seven not-for-profit organizations across the state, helps small to mid-sized manufacturers grow, thrive, and continue to be a vital part of Pennsylvania’s economy. The IRCs will expand their outreach to small and medium-sized businesses and continue to provide technical, strategic, and market-based assistance to manufacturers under Governor Wolf’s […]
In 2013, Onex — a western PA-based, family-owned manufacturer that specializes in industrial furnace production and maintenance — was in trouble. The company, which had been operating in Pennsylvania for more than fifty years, needed a major turnaround to stay in business. Ashleigh Walters was asked to take on the formidable task of becoming the […]