Our mission is to empower Filipina, other Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI), and immigrant women to pursue entrepreneurship as a vehicle for self-determination and economic independence in a community of belonging.
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The Business Case
51.1 percent of Filipino businesses in the U.S. are founded by women — that’s 98,849 out of 193,336 Filipino businesses. (1)
Filipino women comprise 56 % of 2 million overseas Filipino workers (OFW) whose contracts were processed by the POEA in 2019, as the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) has reported. Not included in the data, however, are thousands of Filipino women who migrate through irregular channels. (2)
Immigrants are much more likely to start businesses than the U.S.-born. Of all new entrepreneurs in 2016, 29.5 percent were immigrants (3)
Firms (in the U.S.) owned by Asians and Latinos generated more than $1.012 trillion in 2015. (4)
Yet, we know Filipina entrepreneurs are still invisible. Unfortunately, this also translates to lack of needed support, missed opportunities, stifled growth, wasted resources, and perhaps even the premature closure of businesses.
We want to change that.
We believe the values we share rooted in kapwa (community) can be our competitive advantage to building a robust entrepreneurship ecosystem that fosters the well-being and success of Filipina-led business around the world. Our goal is to lower the barriers to entrepreneurship making it a viable path to economic independence.
Asian Journal.
Development & Cooperation. To Filipinos, labour migration is normal, not unusual.
Kauffman Foundation 2017 Startup Activity National Trends.
Statistics for U.S. Employer Firms by Sector, Gender, Ethnicity, Race, Veteran Status, and Employment Size of Firm for the U.S., States, and Top 50 MSAs: 2015 Annual Survey of Entrepreneurs
