Philadelphia Woman Business Owner Wins National Entrepreneurial Star Award
22 Novembre 2005 - 4:38PM
PR Newswire (US)
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2005 Business Women's
Network Entrepreneurial Star Awards honors Tearsa Coates, President
of Teruko Productions, with the Association of Women Business
Centers Star Award at the Diversity and Women Leadership Summit in
Washington, D.C. Over 100 women business centers from around the
country were invited to nominate women for the Star Award. The
Entrepreneurial Star Award is presented to an individual who has
blazed the trail on behalf of women as well as minority
entrepreneurs. Geri Swift, President of the Women's Business
Development Center in Philadelphia, presented the award. Coates'
successes include the creation of her award-winning,
WBENC-certified, multimedia life-skills company that teaches kids
about fitness, nutrition, and self-esteem through creative
interactive fitness videos and her latest "MissFit" kit, a unique
interactive fitness program designed specifically for girls. Her
goal is to help teens develop healthy habits that will follow them
into adulthood. "Coates has become a leader in the fight against
the childhood obesity epidemic and the youth health crisis in
America," says Swift. "She is a role model for thousands of girls
across North America." Coates has shared her message nationally
through the Girl Scouts of America, the YWCA, and on her MissFit
Ten City Tour, a wellness tour sponsored by Nike, Playtex and
ELLEgirl Magazine. After earning an MBA from the University of
Virginia, Coates completed the FastTrac New Venture Program, a
business plan course, conducted by the Women's Business Development
Center. The vision of the Association of the Women's Business
Centers is a world where economic wealth, well-being and justice
are realized through the leadership and power of successful
entrepreneurial women. WBDC, in keeping with its commitment to
economic justice, has provided information, business assessment,
training, counseling, procurement and certification assistance to
over 7,000 clients - representing all socio- economic backgrounds,
ranging from aspiring micro-entrepreneurs to owners of fast growth
ventures - in an environment in which they can meet, organize,
learn from and support each other in their entrepreneurial efforts.
Diversity Best Practices (DBP) and The Business Women's Network
(BWN) are Washington, D.C.-based organizations providing resources,
publications, and benchmarking services for diversity and women in
business. DBP is a leading resource service that assists leaders
and professionals in the development of fully integrated diversity
programs. BWN is an information network for professional women
around the globe, from first-time entrepreneurs to board members of
Fortune 500 companies. Both divisions of a subsidiary of iVillage
Inc. (NASDAQ:IVIL), a leading women's media company and the number
one women's community online. For more information contact Geri
Swift, President, Women's Business Development Center 1315 Walnut
Street, Suite 1116, Philadelphia, PA 19107 Phone: 215-790-5059;
Fax: 215-790-9231 DATASOURCE: Women's Business Development Center
CONTACT: Geri Swift, President of Women's Business Development
Center, +1-215-790-5059, or fax, +1-215-790-9231
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