The best markets for female execs and women business owners

The number of businesses owned by women increased 20 percent during a recent five-year period, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, while the revenues produced by those firms jumped 15 percent.
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But these gains aren’t occurring across the board. Women find some business communities more congenial than others. The key question is: Which places give a woman the best chance of starting a company or climbing the corporate ladder?

A new Bizjournals study has the answer. It puts the San Francisco-Oakland area at the top of the national rankings, followed by other high-profile urban centers such as Washington, New York City and Los Angeles, and the smaller college town of Madison, Wis.

+ 10 Best Markets
+ 10 Worst Markets
+ Markets leaders in certain business-women categories
+ Methodology
+ How 100 Markets Ranked

Source: American City Business Journals, Inc.

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