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    Conference stresses support of companies owned by women

    "I took a lot of notes today because I suddenly started realizing that a lot of the people who would be buying my services are women"
    While playing 'hospital' one day as a child, Rebecca Congleton Boenigk recalled her mother rushing into the room to teach her an early lesson in girl power: Just because you're a girl doesn't mean you have to play the nurse.
    'I thought, 'OK, I'll be the doctor,' ' Boenigk said.
    Today, Boenigk runs a business called Neutral Posture that she founded with her mom, Jaye Congleton, 18 years ago. The Bryan, Texas-based company sells ergonomic office chairs -- their biggest buyer is UPS -- and last year recorded nearly $25 million in sales, Boenigk said. Read more


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