Beacon
BEACON is a community-led
campaign to make Washington DC
the most influential and supportive
city for women entrepreneurs in the
United States.

Becoming Beacon

Our goal is to make Washington, DC a model city to demonstrate how investors, companies, mentors and government can work together to ensure women entrepreneurs have an equal opportunity to succeed.

Help Us Build DC's Most Complete Directory of

Women-Owned Businesses

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Sarah Bayot
Founder, Owner, Designer
Kicheko Goods
Meaning “smile/laughter” in Swahili, Kicheko Goods is a socially conscious company that designs distinctive pieces which invest in education. Founded in 2014, Kicheko is an emerging brand made in DC. Concepts for the brand’s small batch collections are inspired by geometry, nature, and travel. Kicheko's aesthetic shares an unrefined boldness, sophisticated earthiness and playful simplicity..
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Meghan Gaffney Buck
Founder & CEO
VEDA Data Solutions
VEDA creates fully automated machine learning solutions for health insurance carriers and health systems. VEDA solves delivers API-based solutions that allow carriers to keep current business practices and software systems in place, while accessing the financial benefits of better data and the efficiencies of automation.
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Sam Pennington
Principal Interior Designer
Penn District LLC
Penn District is a full-service residential Architecture, Interior Design, and Real Estate Development firm with industry partners that share an unwavering mission to deliver the ultimate design-build experience to our clients.
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Find the support for your women-owned business

Resources

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Adriana Crawford
Principal, Founder
Anaford Consulting

Our mission is simple yet bold: provide organizational development and strategy consulting to nonprofit and community-based organizations serving disadvantaged communities.
As a black woman-owned business, we know what it means to work at maximum capacity with limited resources, and we're committed to helping small nonprofit businesses realize their missions without compromising their values.

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Xina Eiland
Co-Founder
Black Female Founders (#BFF)
#BFF is a membership organization that works to provide awareness, support, resources and a platform for Black female entrepreneurs. It offers female entrepreneurs with resources on networking and business mentoring, as well as access to Venture Capitalists, Angel Investors and other forms of funding.
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BEACON
Startup Law 101
Startup Law 101, held August 23, 2017, was a free workshop for women entrepreneurs. Produced by BEACON: The DC Women Founders Initiative, ChIPs: Women in IP Network, and Google, the workshop featured women attorneys and business professionals who shared insight on intellectual property law and other legal issues relevant for startup entrepreneurs.

Click the link below to access presentations.
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Events

For Women, By Women, We All Belong Here

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Jul 2018
Grow My Business Course
Financial Empowerment Center at South County

Empowered Women International’s Grow My Business program is a business development course where you will learn new techniques and strategies on finances, budgeting, accounting, marketing, access to capital, and other business skills that will help you continue growing as a businesswoman. With 1-on-1 coaching and expert guests at every class.

Scholarships available.

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May 2018
"Grow Your Business" Part 2 of American Dream Business Institute
ZOOM Video Online

Do you have a business idea that you want to JUMP START and just don't know where to start? Are you ready ? Have you taken workshops before and all you received was a whole lot of information. For the last 20 years, I have been CEO of Phoebe Group as a business consultant. I am always asked WHAT'S NEXT? We are your NEXT STEP Coach.

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