For-profit women's business group strikes chord across nation.

Publication: Daily News (New York, New York) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)

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Byline: Phyllis Furman

Mar. 2--Denise Spencer wants to import jewelry from Istanbul. Tamar Freudmann dreams of opening a consultancy that would help businesses cater to the needs of the disabled. Melissa Milam's gearing up to launch Blue Lily, a line of organic skin-care products.

Before last week, they had never met. But within minutes of gathering at Ladies Who Launch, a fast growing, for-profit women's business group, these would-be moguls were trading business cards and offering each other tips.

Call it the golf course for entrepreneurial women.

Men have long teed up for business leads. Now, women who want to start their own companies have a shot at networking -- but in a far different way.

Founded by two refugees from the corporate...

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