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Women are starting businesses like they're going out of style and the people behind the "Make Mine a Million $ Business Club" are happy to call attention to that fact.

The club, while sponsored by American Express, is based on a national grassroots campaign with the purpose of empowering women entrepreneurs to grow their businesses.

 "Women entrepreneurs are the real economic stimulus package," said Nell Merlino, founder and president of Count Me In for Women's Economic Independence, a founding partner of the program.

"Women are starting businesses at almost twice the rate of men, and they are building bigger businesses than ever before," she continued. "In celebrating the success of the Million $ Business Club we are recognizing the contributions women entrepreneurs are increasingly making to their regional and national economy." 

While the club includes a plethora of businesses across many industries, twenty new businesses have won awards packages already this year, and more than 5,000 applications are still expected. If you are interested in applying, more information is available here.

Garnett Newcombe, president of Human Potential Consultants, LLC, which happens to be the highest grossing business in the club offers this advice for women entrepreneurs: "If you truly want to grow your business, let go of the day-to-day tasks. Learn to delegate and trust your employees. You'll be amazed to find out you don't have to do it all."

This is sound advice for women and men alike, though I would like to personally add that it helps if you can keep your best employees sticking around.