The 3 Things Women Entrepreneurs Need Today

Moving from policy to practical solutions will help pave the way for more females to run their own businesses according to a 2015 study conducted by the Kaufman Foundation, women are half as likely as men to start a business.
This is true despite that fact that women make great entrepreneurs. If you're part of the Rich Woman community, you already knew this, but as confirmed by Kaufman:

• Women entrepreneurs have a more nuanced view of risk, identifying more strongly than men as financial risk takers, while remaining concerned about "fool hardy risks."
• Women display greater ambition to become serial entrepreneurs than their male counterparts.
• More broadly, an increase in the number of women in business leadership positions is correlated with increased business returns and payout ratios.

Among the barriers Kaufman suggests keep women from entrepreneurship are:

• Lack of mentors
• The perception of starting a business as masculine, not feminine
• Work-life balance issues (i.e., being a working mother)
  
  Read more....