The evidence is clear: where women make decisions—in companies, supply chains, and local governments—there is more growth, more jobs, and greater resilience. In the United States, women-owned firms already generate $2.1 trillion in sales and employ 11.4 million people. They represent nearly 39% of all businesses when nonemployer firms are included, an expanding base that is redefining the local economies of mid-sized cities and metropolitan areas. Female entrepreneurial dyn