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Bear Creek resident Berta Lou Scott is the owner of the Southern Supreme Nutty Fruitcake Company.
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In the business community most of the CEO positions are filled by men. Of the fourteen Fortune 500 companies in North Carolina, only one has a woman CEO. Only three of the top seventy companies based in the state have female CEOs, and the state's top one hundred private companies list but two. Martin discusses reasons for this and lists women in the state who have the potential to make the top rung on the ladder.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 25 Issue 4, Apr 2005,
p32-40, 42-43, por
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26155
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Aldrich, Kenan professor and director of graduate studies in sociology, is intrigued by the growing number of women business owners. He’s found that even though women own a third of United States businesses, they are still shadowed by the pervasive notion that they do not manage like men.
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22597
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The percentage of women taking over the ownership and management of family businesses has recently significantly increased, and North Carolina is no exception. From gardens and pipe supply, to lumber companies and investments, North Carolina has the third fastest growth of women-owned businesses in the country.
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Estell C. Lee was recently promoted to president of both Almont Shipping Company of Wilmington and its parent corporation, Seacor, Inc. In this article, Lee discusses the presence of women in business and her background.
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After high school graduation in 1965, Darleen Johns went to work as a secretary in state government. Today she is president and owner of Alphanumeric Systems Inc. in Raleigh. In 1999, the 220-employee company earned $60 million. Alphanumeric, which Johns started in 1979, sells, installs, and services the hardware and software used to create computer networks. Johns is Business North Carolina's first Businesswoman of the Year.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 20 Issue 7, July 2000,
p30-34, il, por
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27537
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Christine Garvin was stricken with chronic illness, but used the challenge as a springboard into her inspirational Asheville business called Christine Garvin Dance+Transform. Garvin teaches dance and developed a signature program called Metamorphosis. This program takes participants on a self-healing journey using mind, body and soul techniques.
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The Laurel of Asheville
(NoCar F 264 .A8 L28), Vol. 14 Issue 1, January 2017,
p96-97, por
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29122
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The Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce is under new leadership with the first women to lead to the business-development group, Adrienne Cole.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 37 Issue 8, August 2017,
p36, 38, por
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27467
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Women in North Carolina are entering the local meat business at a rate well above the national average. This year Orange County hosted the third Women Working in the Meat Business Conference. Attendees learned about farming, raising livestock, butchering meat, and new entrepreneurial opportunities.
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22598
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Frustrated with low standards and impersonal treatment, Laura Schindler started her own physical therapy company in 2004. It has rapidly expanded with over twenty employees and 7,000 square foot facility.
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Ann Shachtman opened her first Stereo Sound hi-fi store in Chapel Hill in 1974. Today the savvy businesswoman owns six stores in North Carolina and Tennessee, and is recognized as a major industry player both nationally and internationally.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 11 Issue 20, May 1993,
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5058
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Darleen Johns founded Alphanumeric Systems, Inc., in Raleigh in 1979, as a reseller of word processing machines. In 2001, through hard work, Johns has transformed the company into a leading information-technology solutions provider. The company employs 240 and had revenues of $60 million in 1999.
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Prabhavathi Fernandes spent over three decades developing drugs for bacterial infections. On the brink of developing a treatment for pnemonia, Fernandes' Chapel Hill-based Cempra, Inc. was halted by federal regulators. Although Fernandes abruptly left the company, Cempra seeks to rebound.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 37 Issue 8, August 2017,
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1107
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Joan Zimmerman, President of Southern Shows, Inc., is one of North Carolina's most successful businesswomen. The Charlotte-based company, which produces trade shows, has been nurtured by Zimmerman since its inception.
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Leah Wong Ashburn is president of Highland Brewing Company in Asheville, a business that was started by her father, Oscar Wong, in 1994. Since 2011, Ashburn has dedicated herself to maintaining the uniqueness of the brewery, while incorporating her own values and marketing expertise. Under Ashburn’s leadership, the brewery is committed to environmental stewardship and sustainability, and cultivates a hiring process that seeks out character over expertise.
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