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

Founder, Owner, Designer

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..

Wandering Epicures

Wandering Epicures provides opportunities to explore DC's world of food & drink through curated experiences.

Social Designer/Chief Creative

The General Store Inc.

The General Store Inc. designs experiences that spark creativity and electrify community. The General Store Inc. has created, curated and collaborated on relative, progressive, fresh art, content and experiences. Whether it's production, curation, campaigns, workshops, or written work we foster innovation by utilizing the resources you already have at your disposal. We Make. Do.

Cofounder and CEO

DICE Leadership Group

What started as a yearning ー a plea ー for more thoughtful conversation on diversity and inclusion, has since grown into a collective movement championed by three creative women of color passionate about creating safe spaces where discussions and problem-solving are more inclusive, collaborative, genuinely curious, and successful in landing collective solutions that work.

Find the support for your women-owned business

Resources

We're a mission-based creative agency & our mission is to empower women to lead. Our services include: branding, web design, strategy, content creation, photo & video production.

Bold in Business

Confidence is not innate — it is a skill that women can learn and cultivate. At Bold in Business we teach women to stop pleasing others and start forging their own path.
You'll learn strategies for promoting your value at work and negotiating a pay salary that reflects it.
By the end of our six week online class, you'll develop a new toolset that will change the trajectory of your career.

Founder and CEO

Heartful.ly is an online wedding and events registry for charitable giving that empowers people to celebrate in a more meaningful way.

Sherry San Miguel

Soul & ink, Co-Founder

Soul & Ink, LLC

Soul & Ink's participatory live screen printing experiences reshape traditional relationships between art and audiences. We provide a fun, interactive art experience at events and can activate any space with our mobile screen printing unit. Our dream is to create artwork that can be shared with anyone, anywhere. Through modern aesthetic and vintage technique, we merge Soul & Ink.

Events

For Women, By Women, We All Belong Here

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.

American Dream Business Institute: Jump Start Your Business Class:Make Money in 30 Days

Zoom Video Online

Are you ready to stop talking about starting a business in 2018 and making money and actually do it? Most business owners ask me: WHAT'S NEXT? These sessions are intense and will cause you to think 'outside the box' and create a marketing plan to start making money in 30 days. Sessions will take place on Tuesdays from 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm and will be on-going. ON-LINE from your computer or tablet.

Guerrilla Marketing for Entrepreneurs: Create Maximum Benefit at Minimal Cost !

Zoom Video Online

Who is your target market? Where can you find them? How will you market to them?
These are all questions that business owners struggle to answer.There is a war out here to survive and thrive as a business owner, are you ready to fight as a Guerrilla Marketer?
Learn How to Create a $$ Million Dollar Marketing Plan with Guerrilla Marketing.

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