Engendering Female Entrepreneurs
Date: Friday, February 25, 2005 @ 04:44 PM EST
Topic: Women in Business
Women entrepreneurs are emerging as a major force in the U.S. economy. According to Marilyn Kourilsky, a professor at UCLA's Graduate School of Education & Information Studies and director of the Institute for the Study of Educational Entrepreneurship, 1 out of every 11 women is a business owner. Female-owned businesses account for almost half of all privately held firms, generating $2.3 trillion in annual sales. The number of women who express an interest in becoming entrepreneurs is also rising. Yet they're still regularly deterred from taking that path, says Kourilsky.
In her book "The New Female Entrepreneur," Kourilsky examines how a collective of parents, educators, and the media offer a more male-centric view of entrepreneurship, leaving women unprepared for the challenges and potential rewards of owning their own businesses.
Click here to read the full article at Business Week.
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