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Barbara Gebhart, Managing Director of the work clothing business “Berufsbekleidung Gebhart” from Landsberg am Lech that was established in 1889, would like to sell her products online in the future. Each one of the businesses faces different challenges, which they want to tackle during the course of the program. Today, the female entrepreneurs met for the first time with their coaches in Amazon‘s Berlin office to start working on their individual action plans. The coaches, Amazon, the German Association of Women Entrepreneurs and Global Digital Women have invited 20 out of 160 applicants to participate in the program. Her application video is accessible here. That is what Mona Glock, owner of the Erdmannhausen-based company “MixDeinBrot”, did. She is the managing director in the third generation at Lindauer, a company, which sells reading aids and writing instruments under its own brand name.įemale entrepreneurs were able to apply for the program since September 2017 by presenting their biggest challenges on their way into the digital economy in form of a cover letter or video. “We want to digitize and expand our shop in Lindau, which has more than a 60-year-old tradition,” said Lena Ellensohn, one of the candidates. Digital experts including experienced female entrepreneurs, Amazon Marketplace sellers and e-commerce bloggers will coach the female owners of small businesses. On their agenda: establishing their own brand online, expanding their brick-and-mortar stores with an online shop, tapping into online marketplaces or leveraging their exports via the internet. With today’s kick-off, 20 female business owners and CEOs of small businesses with less than 20 employees begin to start or expand their e-commerce business.
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On the agenda: expanding brick-and-mortar stores with online shops, tapping into online marketplaces, leveraging exports via the internet and building brands.