1. Women Entrepreneurs are born. . Entrepreneurs are born with the same potential as others. What they do have is native intelligence, a flair for creativity and loads of energy. Then they spend the time and effort required accumulating the necessary skills, experiences, and contacts.

2. Anyone Can Start a Business. Luck, if involved, requires good preparation. Women entrepreneurs who can visualize potential start businesses that have a better chance of succeeding. Start-up is often the easiest part – surviving, sustaining and building a venture is often the hardest part.

3. Entrepreneurs are Gamblers. Successful women entrepreneurs take calculated risks. They often slice the risk into smaller pieces. Only then do they commit the time or resources to the project. They do not deliberately seek to take unnecessary risk; however, they do not shy away from unavoidable risk.

4. Entrepreneurs want the whole show to themselves. Owning and running the whole show effectively puts a ceiling on growth. Successful women entrepreneurs build a team, an organization, and a company.

5. Women Entrepreneurs are their own bosses and completely independent. In fact, they are far from independent. They have to serve many masters, including partners, investors, customers, suppliers, employees, family, etc., etc. However, they can make free choices of whether and when they care to respond, and they have the personal satisfaction of taking a very active part in the success of the business.

6. Women Entrepreneurs work longer and harder than managers in big companies. Some do and some don’t. Working long days and working on weekends are typical for all successful business people.

7. Entrepreneurs experience a great deal of stress and pay a high price. Being an woman entrepreneur is stressful and demanding, but no more so than other highly demanding professional roles. Entrepreneurs find their jobs very satisfying and have a high sense of accomplishment, are healthier, and are much less likes to want to retire.

8. Starting a business is risky and often ends in failure. Talented and experienced women entrepreneurs pursue attractive opportunities and attract the right people and the necessary financial and other resources to make the venture work.

9. Women Entrepreneurs should be young and energetic. Age is NO barrier. What is critical is possessing the relevant knowledge, experience, and contacts that help to recognize and pursue an opportunity.

10. The quest for money is the sole motivation for women entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurs view money as a tool and a way of keeping score. They are driven more by building enterprises and a sense of personal achievement.