Today, First Lady Cecilia Abbott welcomed over 250 women entrepreneurs and local business leaders to the Governor’s Small Business Summit in New Braunfels, shining a spotlight on the important role of women-owned businesses in Texas. “What makes Texas special is our people,” she said. We are proud that more than 1.3 million women business owners make Texas a leader for women entrepreneurship. We are on a mission to provide the tools necessary for businesses of all sizes to succeed, and the Governor’s Commission for Women is working tirelessly to grow the economic opportunity for women in Texas. Here, we believe women have no limits.

She noted that women across Texas are investing in their businesses and communities, emphasizing mentoring young girls and self-esteem. This is reflective in the state topping the country in job creation among Black women business owners and Hispanic women business owners with the diversity and dynamism of the entrepreneurial landscape in the state.

First Lady Abbott encouraged participants to tap into all the various resources that the State has to offer in growing their business and bringing in more jobs. Governor’s Small Business Summit focused on the issues of women-owned small businesses and potential women entrepreneurs with education one of the key areas of doing business.

The Summit will have to focus on the sharing of skills and strategies by local, state, and federal resource partners who are crucial for business development. They will connect with other women entrepreneurs as well as specialists who will deliver relevant, timely, and actionable advice in a wide range of subjects relating to small business.

Co-sponsored with the Governor’s Economic Development and Tourism Office, the Governor’s Commission for Women, the Greater New Braunfels Chamber of Commerce and the Texas Workforce Commission it certainly illustrates cooperation to push forward the cause for women in business throughout the state.

Through the likes of the summit, Texas has continued reiterating its aim in developing a particular environment where women entrepreneurs thrive towards fostering a better economic life for the entire state.