Entrepreneurship and women

[mich]

I think it's great that women can be entrepreneurs because they bring a different approach when doing business. The ideas from entrepreneurial women are great because they can always offer different perspectives that men may not sometimes consider when doing business.

By having entrepreneurial women they also offer opportunities for other women in the workforce field. Hopefully one day my niece may also be an entrepreneur and give other women opportunities in the workforce field and make a good life for herself.

[lucates]

As a result of the difficult economic times, do you consider that there will be more women entrepreneurs competing with men in this field which it so looks like they currently dominate?

Honestly in todays time, we can say that the equality has been there and the problem about the subject of women vs men has started to be off and not sensitive topic anymore.

It's because whatever men does, women tend to do it and that's just equal. But I think, that it's not all about competition but many women won't be a housewife material anymore.

They can do whatever we do and being an entrepreneur, they can do that as well and those that are struggling will do whatever it takes for them to survive.

So, if we see more women shifting into being entrepreneurs, it doesn't really matter IMO.

Today's times equality has been there so men vs women has started to be off or non sensitive topic maybe. But why we still priorities women because the hurdles they face. Being a women entrepreneurs face hurdles like patriarchal society, social barriers, attitude of creditors, lack of opportunities etc. Women from developing countries are mostly experience these kinds than developed countries.

[stomachgrowls]

As a result of the difficult economic times, do you consider that there will be more women entrepreneurs competing with men in this field which it so looks like they currently dominate?

Honestly in todays time, we can say that the equality has been there and the problem about the subject of women vs men has started to be off and not sensitive topic anymore.

It's because whatever men does, women tend to do it and that's just equal. But I think, that it's not all about competition but many women won't be a housewife material anymore.

They can do whatever we do and being an entrepreneur, they can do that as well and those that are struggling will do whatever it takes for them to survive.

So, if we see more women shifting into being entrepreneurs, it doesn't really matter IMO.

Today's times equality has been there so men vs women has started to be off or non sensitive topic maybe. But why we still priorities women because the hurdles they face. Being a women entrepreneurs face hurdles like patriarchal society, social barriers, attitude of creditors, lack of opportunities etc. Women from developing countries are mostly experience these kinds than developed countries.

I dont see that there's already no talks about gender in terms of some key aspects where it would really be still able to generate those kind of discussion or argumentations when it comes to this.

It cant really be avoided that there would be debates in regarding gender which is something a very common one since there are things which cant really be done by women or
just really that appropriate for those masculine and not for those feminine.

This would really be a never ending debate in relation to this thats why its not really surprising  that there's always a look down on women on different aspects.

[coupable]

I think the thing that makes women not many who become Entrepreneurship is because they are very careful, they will only do it based on their experience and what they learn, maybe most women are more thorough than men but Entrepreneurship needs skills out of the box and of course risks so that women avoid it.

There's a term called Male Idiot Theory coined by an American cartoonist that states that boys or men tend to do riskier things even without recognizable rewards at the end so it says things about the difference between men and women plus there's still discrimination in the workplace, men will trust men to lead them more than women.

Well, we can say men do make some mistakes when it comes to their decision-making process. We can't deny that they are guilty of some of these behavior. They are more risk takers, I guess. But with women, they want an assurance of what they do next. There are pros and cons with such behaviors, they may get lucky of such decision though.

These conditions can be subject to a man just as a woman can be subject to them. In the field of business, mistakes are likely to occur, whether at the level of planning or implementation. What I mean is that women do not enjoy privileges compared to men in this aspect. The difference lies in that the experience that a man may enjoy based on the position he enjoys in traditional societies may enable him to obtain more opportunities and facilities than women. Other than that, both can enjoy the same opportunities .

[davis196]

Can't we just stop dividing the people based on gender, sex, religion, ethnicity.
People are people and the entrepreneurs are just entrepreneurs, it doesn't matter if they are men or women.
Women have many qualities and they can be successful in many fields. Men are more confident and love taking risks, but the times are changing. I know about statistics showing that the average level of testosterone in men is dropping every day, so the modern day men aren't as masculine, confident and energetic as their predecessors. We live in a more female-centric world than before, because of the mainstream media, feminism and the welfare state. I'm not saying that this is something bad. The times are changing and we might be witnessing more women entrepreneurs in the future(which isn't bad at all).

[yudi09]

Most entrepreneurship is men and we rarely encounter women, this is because the nature of women is preferring to enter the comfort zone and does not want to experiment, they will continue what is common or learned, such as cryptocurrencies today, most of the project leaders are men.

I found at the World Economic Forum that female entrepreneurs have increased worldwide from several surveys that have been conducted. Business ownership is still dominated by men.
In developing countries, entrepreneurship is also on the rise. According to the World Bank's Female Entrepreneurship Resource Point, between 8 million and 10 million small and medium-sized enterprises worldwide have at least one female owner.



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[Sakanwa]

Entrepreneurship is a field not specified for on gender they can both involve and alook make good profit it does not require you to be a woman to be a successful business person likewise to men too every gender is perfect in entrepreneurship so long as you know it's principles, obligations and what it takes.
Another thing is what we call the know how, it is something that requires a person with good qualities who also has the spirit of conducting the business affairs. A good business person is also expected to be a risk taker

[Casdinyard]

I want to start a discussion highlighting some points I read online regarding women as compared to men in entrepreneurship and the chance of success.

Men and women do not prepare for the launch of their business in the same way. The number one preparatory activity for women is specific training (43.3% versus 31.8% for men). Men are looking for potential clients (45.8%) and writing a business plan (42.5% versus 34.6% for women).

Market research is carried out by about 1/3 of men and 1/4 of women.

Women entrepreneurs are much less experienced than their male counterparts: 37.5% have less than 3 years of experience versus 25.7% of men.

82.5% of women start businesses alone (compared to 69.8% of men)

Men consider that they are more entrepreneurial than women (84.7% of men against 72% of women)

Men have much more confidence in the future than women (48.2% of women vs. 64.7% of men)

Men are clearly more confident in the success of their company than women: 72.4% versus 65.3

There are far more unemployed women than men among entrepreneurs: 25.9% versus 16.9

Women are 3 times less likely than men to have already tried the adventure of creating a business: only 5.3% of women had already created a business against 18.4% of men

As a result of the difficult economic times, do you consider that there will be more women entrepreneurs competing with men in this field which it so looks like they currently dominate?


https://www.intotheminds.com/blog/en/entrepreneurship-differences-women-men/

While I want to be optimistic and say that the hard times temper the best people in the industry. It's worth noting that the odds are stacked against women too. The fact alone that most of them couldn't get the pay grade they deserve let alone be given jobs above clerical work is insane and is something that I see is what causes these people to go unemployed before starting their own business. Plus you also have to take into account that women most of the time are given more house responsibilities than male, which leads them to lose their jobs cause between caring for the house, the husband and the kids, going to work and then starting your own business, they won't have a life to live anymore.

I hope the system changes to be more favorable to everyone who wishes to make a name for themselves but it's misogynistic and capitalistic you couldn't really fight your way through unless you exert every ounce of your strength and will power to your craft.

[Mpamaegbu]

Entrepreneurship is a field not specified for on gender they can both involve and alook make good profit it does not require you to be a woman to be a successful business person likewise to men too every gender is perfect in entrepreneurship so long as you know it's principles, obligations and what it takes.

This is the same thing I ask whenever I see a seemingly sexist comment or suggestion in relation to business or entrepreneurship. What has sex got to do with business if the proper things are adhered to? Nothing. Except in countries where corners are cut to please the other sex or physical strength is demanded to cut through heavy duty, otherwise both male and female are equally endowed with the same brain capacity. In the real sense of it, I don't think it should be a competition of sexes. Rather, male and woman should compliment each other.

[martinex]

I think, For today's greatest percentage opportunity and future success rate remains on the shoulders of a man. if anything, it is relative. The reason is because we know that women often have multiple responsibilities, such as taking care of the family and the household. this is, one of the challenges that can inhibit time and energy for women to be able to allocate time for business.

[Fortify]

I want to start a discussion highlighting some points I read online regarding women as compared to men in entrepreneurship and the chance of success.

Men and women do not prepare for the launch of their business in the same way. The number one preparatory activity for women is specific training (43.3% versus 31.8% for men). Men are looking for potential clients (45.8%) and writing a business plan (42.5% versus 34.6% for women).

Market research is carried out by about 1/3 of men and 1/4 of women.

Women entrepreneurs are much less experienced than their male counterparts: 37.5% have less than 3 years of experience versus 25.7% of men.

82.5% of women start businesses alone (compared to 69.8% of men)

Men consider that they are more entrepreneurial than women (84.7% of men against 72% of women)

Men have much more confidence in the future than women (48.2% of women vs. 64.7% of men)

Men are clearly more confident in the success of their company than women: 72.4% versus 65.3

There are far more unemployed women than men among entrepreneurs: 25.9% versus 16.9

Women are 3 times less likely than men to have already tried the adventure of creating a business: only 5.3% of women had already created a business against 18.4% of men

As a result of the difficult economic times, do you consider that there will be more women entrepreneurs competing with men in this field which it so looks like they currently dominate?

That's a fascinating set of statistics and in reality I think it shows that there is very little difference between the sexes when it comes to business sense. Maybe it is telling that women say they are less confident in a pool, which aligns roughly with the rest of the stats - they are less likely to overestimate their abilities so will be less confident at the start. It's very interesting that more women are open to starting businesses alone, which to me signals that they should be showing a higher sense of confidence, perhaps because they are often involved in raising the family slightly more than men - they utilize opportunities, particularly now the internet has opened up so many avenues, during the early years.

[Mame89]

Entrepreneurship is a field not specified for on gender they can both involve and alook make good profit it does not require you to be a woman to be a successful business person likewise to men too every gender is perfect in entrepreneurship so long as you know it's principles, obligations and what it takes.
Another thing is what we call the know how, it is something that requires a person with good qualities who also has the spirit of conducting the business affairs. A good business person is also expected to be a risk taker

Agree, entrepreneurship cannot be viewed based on gender, all are equal nowadays. Indeed, many people think that women can only spend money. We also often see women as lowly and weak and tend to be consumptive. In fact, behind it all the many advantages that women have compared to men. One of them, namely their ability in entrepreneurship, and this is proven in many countries, many entrepreneurship are successful if led by women.

I see Entrepreneurs are not a profession but a mindset. Discipline is key and there is no compromise, regardless of gender. What we can control is our effort. When doing something, don't be half-hearted, you have to be 100% and you have to know the priority. What all successful people have in common is a work ethic towards hard work. Every chance we get we give 100% of our abilities. Successful entrepreneurs have the same hobby, namely those who like to read. Enrich ourselves with lots of knowledge/information. If we read, we are 10-20% ahead of our competitors. Entrepreneurs must have a mindset. Mindset: resilient, never satisfied, honest, tenacious, trustworthy, never give up, and always think positively, optimistically, and constructively.

I think, For today's greatest percentage opportunity and future success rate remains on the shoulders of a man. if anything, it is relative. The reason is because we know that women often have multiple responsibilities, such as taking care of the family and the household. this is, one of the challenges that can inhibit time and energy for women to be able to allocate time for business.

It seems that what you say is true, but I see more now that women are more successful as entrepreneurs and can manage their businesses more wisely. Conversely, many men who become leaders do not have a leadership attitude. Just selfish / looking for safety alone Or even too greedy and can't manage their employees properly.

[STT]

These are mostly perception based but there being more women alone setting up a business probably shouldn't be too surprising if its also true that traditional business routes are unfairly biased towards men more often then not.   There will be a greater incentive to create your own opportunities if a more conventional route is cut off in your aspirations, I dont think any of those points mentioned will deny success only perhaps access to finance because that too can be based on perception.

[Quidat]

These are mostly perception based but there being more women alone setting up a business probably shouldn't be too surprising if its also true that traditional business routes are unfairly biased towards men more often then not.   There will be a greater incentive to create your own opportunities if a more conventional route is cut off in your aspirations, I dont think any of those points mentioned will deny success only perhaps access to finance because that too can be based on perception.

Not really shocking that there would really be always that gender inequality or having that criticisms when it comes to various things on which thinking up that women cant really be able to do such thing.
As of these years then we do know that there are corporations or companies which had been owned by a woman and this do proves out that on whatever things that a men could do, which a certain
other gender would really be able to do so. There's no limit on which one would really be able to touch up this space which as long you do know on what you are doing and you do know on how
you would really gonna handle yourself then you would really be having the high potential or chances for you to succeed on such industry.

[ndutndut]

The ability to succeed in terms of entrepreneurship is a right, and all kinds should have nothing to do with gender. So the rights of women and men are the same depending on their respective personalities and their level of intelligence in managing entrepreneurship so that it becomes successful.

Indeed, not a few Being a career woman is sometimes very hard for some people because they are often taken for granted so it makes it difficult for them to have a business career. But I've seen on YouTube that many women are now successful in entrepreneurship. So actually there is no need for women to feel that there is discrimination, they just have to adjust expectations with their abilities. What is clear is that women's rights are the same. Hopefully, in the future, there will be many more women who are successful in the field of entrepreneurship. If I'm honest, right now many women are already working in blockchain technology companies or are crypto investors. This means that in any case, gender differences don't exist anymore.

[n0ne]

Very few countries provide the security for the women. This is the reason why most countries lack women entrepreneurs. This needs to change and this can start from us. We should teach kids to have gender equality, we may say there is equality but in some corner we'll have atleast little dominance over them. Nothing offensive, I've seen most of the women entrepreneurs to be single mom's. Why is so, everything have got a reason. Already they could've suffered big within the family and now to face the people around her is not a big deal. The thought keeps her motivated and makes her successful.

[AmoreJaz]

The ability to succeed in terms of entrepreneurship is a right, and all kinds should have nothing to do with gender. So the rights of women and men are the same depending on their respective personalities and their level of intelligence in managing entrepreneurship so that it becomes successful.

Indeed, not a few Being a career woman is sometimes very hard for some people because they are often taken for granted so it makes it difficult for them to have a business career. But I've seen on YouTube that many women are now successful in entrepreneurship. So actually there is no need for women to feel that there is discrimination, they just have to adjust expectations with their abilities. What is clear is that women's rights are the same. Hopefully, in the future, there will be many more women who are successful in the field of entrepreneurship. If I'm honest, right now many women are already working in blockchain technology companies or are crypto investors. This means that in any case, gender differences don't exist anymore.

women have the chance to excel in everything they do, just prove that they can do it and they will be acknowledged. sure, there will be hiccups along the way as most will try to find reasons to let them down. however, if you are resilient, you will take it as just hurdle in achieving success. if you will just give up because of what people are throwing at you, you will never achieve your targets.
success is for all, it is not gender specific. it depends on the person how he/she will overcome such bottlenecks.

[lunnatic]

Entrepreneurship is a field not specified for on gender they can both involve and alook make good profit it does not require you to be a woman to be a successful business person likewise to men too every gender is perfect in entrepreneurship so long as you know it's principles, obligations and what it takes.
Another thing is what we call the know how, it is something that requires a person with good qualities who also has the spirit of conducting the business affairs. A good business person is also expected to be a risk taker

Yes, with the development of the times, I think our mindset must also develop and there is no need to focus on gender,
both men and women each have the same opportunity in entrepreneurship,
business people are required to take risks but at the same time they also need to manage risks to minimize them.

[icalical]

https://www.intotheminds.com/blog/en/entrepreneurship-differences-women-men

I couldn't find the research that has such details as the link above, but according to this data the percentage of woman and man who become an entrepreneur compared to the whole population in 2019 is similar, 14.1% of woman is entrepreneur and 14% of Man is entrepreneur. I think it can only show that both man and woman has the same confidence level of becoming an entrepreneur.

Again that is the macro data, but from my experience at least in my region women are more likely to become an entrepreneur since it's easier for Man to get a formal job, to get employment while woman need to deals with a household, so it drive them to be entrepreneur where the can juggle between household and work.

[alastantiger]

Men are men and women are women. The country, government, cultures, policies and all those things.
The reason why the results is the way it is may be because of the country it was carried in.
Anyways, not everyone is cut out to be an entrepreneur. And I don't think there is  or should be a competition between male and female entrepreneurs. We should only find ways to fund women businesses and get them out there. Give them visibility.