Photo credit: Jennifer Girard Photography
Nationally-recognized women business owners shared their business success, as well as the greatest challenges they have faced, and offered advice for overcoming business barriers to growth at the Women’s Forum Breakfast, a highlight of the 23rd annual Entrepreneurial Woman’s Conference, presented by the Women’s Business Development Center (WBDC) and held September 16, 2009 at Chicago’s Navy Pier. Pictured are (from left): Ellen R. Gordon, President, Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc.; Dee Robinson Reid, President and Founder, Robinson-Hill Group, Inc.; WBDC Co-Presidents S. Carol Dougal and Hedy M. Ratner; Chef LaLa, Chef, Author and Founder of SAVOR! Catering; Julie Cyra, Founder, West 20 Ranch and Saddle Company; and Forum moderator, Terry Savage, best-selling author and Chicago Sun-Times financial columnist.
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