women-baby-business-0106.jpgThe stay at home mom Louisa Dykstra’s online company is on a steady growth path, selling all-natural baby products. Iowa has emerged as one of the top states for home-based businesses, with 60 percent of all Iowa remains non-farming businesses based at home, according to the federal Small Business Administration. The new trend, with the women in Iowa is combining mothering with retailing. According to Center for Women's Business Research, women-owned companies had grown twice as fast as the national average for all firms.

Researchers opine that it is internet that behind the women-owned business spree, pointing to increases in the number of business loans approved for women and a correlating rise in women's tax returns for business purposes. A study by Cyber Dialogue, a company in New York shows Nearly two million online small businesses have women owners.

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