Miami Herald
September 21, 2009
by Cindy Goodman
About five years ago, Nell Merlino saw statistics that shocked her. Even though women were starting and building businesses, somewhere along the way, they were getting stuck.
While women were running almost half of privately held companies, most had less than $50,000 in revenue; and only a sliver -- 2.6 percent -- had revenue of more than $1 million, according to the 2002 Census. The numbers showed a much brighter picture for men.
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