Desirée Patno

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Women Entrepreneurs: Alternative Business Credit Using Homeownership

It’s undeniable that women entrepreneurs hold tremendous potential for success and the American economy. Entrepreneurial women are starting over 1,100 businesses a day and women-owned businesses have increased 27.5 percent from just 2007 to 2012, currently numbering at 10 million, according to the Census Bureau. However, this tremendous growth is eclipsed by the dire conditions…

NAWRB Spotlight: Helen Hanna Casey

In the current issue of NAWRB Magazine (National Association of Women in Real Estate Businesses), Helen Hanna Casey, President & Chief Executive Officer of Pittsburgh-based Howard Hanna Real Estate Services, details her life as a leading woman in business in the magazine’s ‘sheCENTER(FOLD)’ section. From her dedication to her family, agents and employees, to producing Broadway…