By Mary Shinn | Cronkite News
Almost half of female business owners surveyed in Arizona expect their companies to grow over the next five years, according to a report released Friday.
While the No. 1 accomplishment cited by roughly 400 businesswomen in the phone survey was just making it through the recession, the overall tone in the AZ2013 Women-Owned Business Enterprise Report was upbeat.
“The vast majority of these women are extremely optimistic,” said Louie Olivas, an Arizona State University business professor emeritus, who worked on the report.
It was released the same day as new figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
showed a drop in the national unemployment rate. The bureau said that 236,000 jobs were created in February, lowering the jobless rate from 7.9 percent to 7.7 percent, the lowest rate in more than four years.
Despite the good economic news, the recession still appears to be fresh in the minds of women entrepreneurs in Arizona.
Statement by RLG founder Jordan Rose: “Rose Law Group continues to expand as it has over the last four years. We are certainly seeing a market uptick that will necessitate further hiring so that we can always fulfill our promise to our clients of “immediate client service.”
