The Foundation was formed to support, benefit and assist the WPO’s mission to accelerate business growth, enhance competitiveness, and promote economic security for women entrepreneurs and women-led businesses. It will provide a vehicle for corporate sponsors, individual donors and other foundations to support WPO’s educational programs with charitable contributions.

The Foundation will also provide funding for the following types of activities:

• Speakers for the WPO Annual Conference
• Panels, workshops and webinars
• Research, white papers and books
• Websites or microsites with educational content
• Enhanced WPO chapter resources
• Regional programs
• Other educational programs
• Incremental educational resources, underwritten by the Foundation, will be made available to WPO members and to women entrepreneurs who will benefit from the expertise of WPO members.

Programs

Partnership with Harvard Business Publishing Corporate Learning

The FWPO partnered with Harvard Business Publishing Corporate Learning on a program tailored for facilitators and members of the WPO: The FWPO Leadership for Business Acceleration Program, a new advanced curriculum for second-stage women entrepreneurs. This program offers a unique and highly motivating way to learn vital business concepts and educational experiences. It includes proven insight and lessons from world-renowned business and leadership experts, including Harvard Business Review articles, case studies, and videos.

Build Your Business

Each year, the Foundation of the Women Presidents Organization hosts a Build Your Business program in the host city where the annual conference is held, the day before it begins.

The program is designed to help local women entrepreneurs with start-up and small businesses under $1 million in revenues accelerate the growth of their companies to the next level of profitability. There is no cost to attend.

Content focuses on the strategic and operational issues common to small businesses. Industry experts and notable WPO members, representing established entrepreneurs with successful businesses, attend to answer questions, share their business expertise and experience, and host one-on-one meetings, with specific emphasis on accelerating growth through sales and revenue.

Topics have included:

• Financing for growth, cash flow analysis, sales, product pricing
• Marketing/advertising and promotional activities (including digital content and connectivity)
• Employment, hiring and managing the right team

Attendees learn how to become more economically secure entrepreneurs. They are also provided an opportunity to develop relationships with WPO business leaders as a powerful resource for additional support.