{"id":813,"date":"2014-06-21T12:22:06","date_gmt":"2014-06-21T12:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.getdistributors.com\/?p=813"},"modified":"2023-10-11T12:50:47","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T07:20:47","slug":"how-women-entrepreneurs-are-different-from-men","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.getdistributors.com\/blog\/how-women-entrepreneurs-are-different-from-men\/","title":{"rendered":"How Women Entrepreneurs are Different from Men?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;\">&#8216;<span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus&#8217;. I often get asked the age-old question (by men) that \u201cWho are the best entrepreneurs, men or women? I say gender doesn&#8217;t bring difference to the business but the &#8216;out-of-box&#8217; thinking and plans that makes one better business people.<em><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.getdistributors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/enterpreneur2n.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-828 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.getdistributors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/enterpreneur2n.png\" alt=\"Enterpreneur\" width=\"550\" height=\"273\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Gone are the times when business world is limited to the four corners of men. Today, womaniyas are giving tough competition to men. <\/span>Over the past few years, there has been an upsurge in business start ups by female entrepreneurs. Today I\u2019m discussing how women run businesses differently from men.<em><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>Top factors motivating women to become entrepreneurs are:<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The desire to build wealth<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The appeal of a start up culture <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The wish to capitalize on a business idea they had<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">A long-standing desire to own their own company<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Working for someone else did not appeal to them<em><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-style: normal;\">\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>Take a look on the top 10 Women Entrepreneurs<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_815\" style=\"width: 579px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.getdistributors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Celebrating-Womanhood-1.png\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-815\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-815\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.getdistributors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Celebrating-Womanhood-1.png\" alt=\"Top 10 Entrepreneurs in India\" width=\"569\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-815\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Top 10 Entrepreneurs in India<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Womenrepreneurs face a number of challenges as compared to their male peers. Men had and still have numerous opportunities,encouragement and resources to be successful as entrepreneurs. Thankfully, it has changed now and there are large no. of women entrepreneurs today than before.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Women have strong focus on values<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>According to <\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>Margaret Heffernan, <\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>the writer of,&#8217;<\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><b>How She Does It: How Women Entrepreneurs Are Changing the Rules of Business&#8217;, <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">before planning anything else, women think about what their business will stand for . It\u2019s not like that men do not, but most of the women entrepreneurs take it as the number one priority over anything else. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><b>Women are less Egoistic<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><br \/>\nPride sometimes come in men&#8217;s way. But most of the women don\u2019t have a problem admitting that they are not sure how to accomplish a certain task or what needs to be done to play build-a-business game. It sometimes can become an advantage in growing business quickly.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><em><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Women are better at multitasking<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><em><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">They can balance multiple roles and work towards multiple priorities simultaneously. They don&#8217;t shy and will be equipped to handle the many-sided job of an entrepreneur.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Women are perfectionists<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><br \/>\nThey <\/span><\/span><\/span><em><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">have high standards. They don&#8217;t settle for mediocre results and as a result, the business will save both time and money because sloppy work and haphazard mistakes will be avoided already.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><br \/>\nWomen take others into consideration<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><em><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">They build businesses that deliver value for all customers, employees, investors,stakeholders and founders. They aren&#8217;t in business just for their own gain and their &#8220;putting others&#8217; first&#8221; attitude will help in running the business for long term.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Heffernan said it right, &#8220;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><em><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">women entrepreneurs are more like the<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">conductor of the symphony \u2013 the person who doesn\u2019t make the noise, but pulls it all together<\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: Liberation Serif,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus&#8217;. I often get asked the age-old question (by men) that \u201cWho are the best entrepreneurs, men or women? I say gender doesn&#8217;t bring difference to the business but the &#8216;out-of-box&#8217; thinking and plans that makes one better business people. 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