<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Janice Singer</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Deborah Dexter</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Building an Infrastructure to Support Women Founders: Lead to Win for Women</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Open Source Business Resource</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2011</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">07/2011</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://timreview.ca/article/455</style></url></web-urls></urls><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Talent First Network</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ottawa</style></pub-location><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">This article describes a new program, Lead to Win for Women (LTW-W), created in Canada's Capital Region to dramatically increase the number of women-founded businesses and to help existing businesses grow substantially. This new program is based on the existing Lead to Win program (http://leadtowin.ca). LTW-W has four program elements. First, there is a session to help women foster ideas to launch and grow businesses. Second, there is an expert speaker series that encourages the development of practical knowledge for businesses. Third, there is a forum for owners of established firms. Fourth, there is an outreach program for college women to encourage them to start businesses.

In this article, we briefly describe some existing programs to support women founders in Canada and abroad. Next, we outline the founding principles of LTW-W and describe the program in detail. Finally, we conclude with a description of the program's next steps. 
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Janice Singer is an Industrial Technology Advisor (ITA) for the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP) in Ottawa. Prior to becoming an ITA, Janice was a software engineering researcher with the Institute for Information Technology of the National Research Council of Canada (NRC). Janice's research focused on improving productivity for software engineering teams and user experience. During her research tenure, Janice collaborated with multiple industrial and university partners including IBM, Microsoft, Mitel, Nortel, Bell Canada, and several local SMEs. She is an adjunct professor with both the University of Victoria School of Computer Science and University of Ottawa School of Information Technology and Engineering. Janice holds a B.Sc. in Cognitive Science from University of California, San Diego, and a Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology from the University of Pittsburgh. Before the NRC, she held positions at Tektronix, Xerox PARC, and IBM. </style></custom1><custom2><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">National Research Council of Canada
Deborah Dexter is an Industrial Technology Advisor (ITA) for the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP) in Gatineau, Québec since January 2010. Prior to that, Deborah worked in the private sector and has over 20 years of experience in the software tools and systems business in the aerospace and defense, security, and telecommunications markets. Her experience in these areas is extensive, and she has worked for and consulted to a wide range of product and systems companies, both small and large. She has expertise in technical sales, business development, marketing, and business planning activities. She has a technical background, with a BMath in Computer Science from the University of Waterloo in Canada. She also holds a Minor degree in French and is very comfortable working in both of Canada's official languages. </style></custom2></record></records></xml>