Women Worldwide Are a Pillar of the Post-Recession Recovery

According to The Centre for Entrepreneurs in London, women entrepreneurs:

1. Focus more on sustainable growth.
2. Pay more attention to mitigating risks.
3. Are less prone to over-confidence.

Other interesting facts about women entrepreneurs that Eric F. Frazier talks about in “Well-Rounded Leadership:  The Nature and Nurture of Female Entrepreneurs:”

• Women own or manage about 30 percent of businesses worldwide, as reported by the International Labor Organization.
• These 9.4 million [U.S.] women-owned enterprises employ 7.9 million people and generate $1.5 trillion in annual revenues.
• Increasing 74 percent since 1997 and 21 percent since 2007, women-owned businesses are a pillar of the post-recession recovery.

Read the entire article:  Well-Rounded Leadership:  The Nature and Nurture of Female Entrepreneurs

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