Women-owned businesses in Iowa are less likely than other...
Women-owned businesses in Iowa are less likely than other privately held businesses to use computers and broadband, said a Connect Iowa report released Thursday (http://bit.ly/1i0bcrQ). It said 65 percent of women-owned businesses in the state use broadband for business purposes…
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compared to 75 percent of privately held businesses, and they are using the Internet to research ways to make their businesses more efficient more often than other privately held businesses. Median annual sales are $200,000 higher for women-owned Iowa businesses that subscribe to broadband and maintain a website than businesses that don’t use broadband at all, said Connect Iowa. It said 43 percent of women-owned businesses that don’t use broadband say they don’t subscribe because they feel their firms can do everything they need without it. 3:07:17 PM ESTConnect Iowa conducted a phone survey of 800 business establishments across the state, April 1-16, for the report.