The fastest-growing group of entrepreneurs in the U.S.? Minority women.

It has never been a better time to be a female entrepreneur.

At least that’s what Carla Harris, chair of the National Women’s Business Council (NWBC), believes. “It’s the perfect storm of opportunity,” she says during a press briefing on 2012 data from the Survey of Business Owners.

This “perfect storm” is a combination of, among other forces, historically low interest rates, record amounts of cash in the U.S. economy, a growing presence of women on boards, and the rising numbers of women earning bachelors’ degrees.

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