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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Angela Chester-Johnson
President
Plum Good LLC - DBA The Spice Is Right Club
We are an online culinary and wellness community featuring spices, herbs and teas that make Magic In Your Kitchen! We sell monthly spice subscriptions, complete with curated recipes for international cuisine, single a la carte spices and teas, as well as teas for wellness, relaxation and rejuvenation. We Know herbs, We talk teas, We speak spices. Join the club!
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Dara Friedson
COO - Chief Organizing Officer
Orderly Method LLC
ORDERLY METHOD WAS FOUNDED BY A MULTITASKING MOM OF FOUR YOUNG KIDS TURNED PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZER. OUR SPECIALTY INCLUDES HOME ORGANIZATION AND FINDING SENSIBLE SOLUTIONS TO FIT YOUR STYLE.
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Find the support for your women-owned business

Resources

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M. Reese Everson
Director
B.A.B.E.S in the Workplace
BABES in the Workplace is an organization dedicated to the support and empowerment of women in the workforce who've been mishandled, mislabeled, harassed, objectified, retaliated against, let go or cast aside. We believe in rebuilding, rebranding, and retooling women who have been sidetracked and derailed in their careers by sexual harassment and gender discrimination.
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Trish Green
Founder and CEO
Inherview Consulting
In business remain adamant about your goals and mission but open-minded about the roads you take to get there. Inherview Consulting transforms non-profits and small businesses by taking your business from where it is today to where you want to be tomorrow through business process re-engineering, strategic partnership facilitation, talent and performance management. Disrupt...Transform...Sustain!
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Susanna Barasch
Founder/CEO
M Institute for the Arts

We are a arts organization in Georgetown providing resources and programs such a music school, practice rooms, and events.

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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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