Opinion | Don’t just sit on the fence if you know being a businesswoman is your true calling
5 years, 10 months ago

Opinion | Don’t just sit on the fence if you know being a businesswoman is your true calling

Live Mint  

India is among the few countries of the world that have had a female president as well as a prime minister elected by the people. There’s a persistent, palpable undercurrent to the notion that success in business is harder for women than men. It’s all about prioritizing—you give up certain things in life to make space for others—so yes, women entrepreneurs give up a lot more to be successful than men do,” says Radhika Aggarwal, founder of ShopClues, an online marketplace, explaining why women tend not to jump off the fence when it comes to setting up a venture. “What if I don’t make it?” “Will an investor support me even though I am a woman?” Another is, a lot of concern is directed at “What will I do in my downtime?” The fallacy here is that you are already starting with a presumption that there will be a downtime or a time when you will be doing nothing. To every woman who is sitting on the fence right now, I’d say that if entrepreneurship is your calling, decide to be one.

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