Where are women entrepreneurs rising fastest? Forget the advanced country of the United States! It’s Sao Paulo (related article here), Manila and Mumbai where women are leapfrogging to business ownership. What are they selling? Think simplistically: mangoes and home-made blouses.
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Whether male or female, we can all glean lessons from the likes of the late Steve Jobs. For example:
1. Push people out of their comfort zones
“He was someone who did not read the polls, but changed the polls by giving people what he was certain they wanted and needed before they knew it;
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Find out why women make excellent entrepreneurs in the digital age. Part of the growth for woman-owned businesses can be attributed to:
- Sheer necessity
- Balance of career and family
- Four essential skills (listening,
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And the winners are: Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian activist Leymah Gbowee and Yemeni rights campaigner Tawakkul Karman (pictured).
All of them have been recognized by the Norwegian Nobel Committee for their “non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights to full participation in peace-building work.”
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The article, “Why aren’t there more foreign female entrepreneurs?” by Priya Alagiri examines the reason why there is a shortage of foreign women entrepreneurs in the United States.
One reason stated is:
The foreign women I interviewed also said that they’ve found it difficult to succeed because the “silicon ceiling” inhibits them from obtaining funding from private investors.
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Photo courtesy: ©Laurel Delaney 2010, “Apple store, Lincoln Park, Chicago, IL U.S.A.”
Always giving his best work to the world, Steve Jobs died October 5, 2011 (1955-2011). His death triggered a remembrance to reading a wonderful On Excellence column by Tom Peters in 1993 (I saved all of his hard copy columns back then that were published in the Chicago Tribune –
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Dell™, along with the Ernst & Young Entrepreneurial Winning Women and Endeavor, announced it will host the third annual Dell Women’s Entrepreneur Network (DWEN) June 17-19, 2012, in New Delhi,
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Here’s a list of global women entrepreneurs who are using social media platforms for sharing their entrepreneurial experience with others.
Most Influential Women Tweeting About Entrepreneurs
And one of our all-time favorite influentials is Anita Campbell,
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A great speech by a senior state department official on how to unlock a vital, undertapped resource in our world: women.
She also makes the point that at the beginning of the 21st century, we are entering what she calls the participation age where every individual regardless of gender or other characteristics is poised to be a contributing and valued member of the global marketplace.
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