Why Do Women Entrepreneurs Need To Come Together?

It is true that women entrepreneurs are not some kind of alien species, completely distinct from the tribe of entrepreneurs in general. After all, as is the case for any entrepreneur, we too need to attract more customers, maintain profitability, hire good employees, wish for a 48 hour day to do everything we need to… in short, have similar joys and challenges!

At the same time, we are still a small part of the entrepreneurial ecosystem as a whole. While ambitious and hard-working, women still face certain unique challenges – be it our own assertiveness or risk-taking abilities, skepticism from some in the market, or work-life balance issues that still continue to bigger for women. 

Therefore, while it is important for us to be present in general networks, we also get a special boost when we meet up and learn, together with other women reaching for the stars!

Women’s Web’s Step Above series is meant to give women entrepreneurs precisely that boost, and we’re starting with the first event for this year, Breaking Barriers to Business Growth. 

This is a “workshop-plus” format with coaching sessions and talks from inspiring women entrepreneurs who have crossed early hurdles and grown their businesses. The coaching sessions will be led by Coach Bhavna Toor of Shenomics which works with women to achieve their leadership potential, and Raghavendra Badaskar, AVP-Consulting, Intellecap, which supports start-ups and SMEs with tested tools to scale up their businesses.

We believe that participants will go back with three key take-aways:

• Insight into what is acting as a barrier to their own growth, whether that is an internal or external hurdle - recognising what is keeping one from growing as an entrepreneur is the first step
• Motivation and potential way-forward from the stories of other entrepreneurs who have grown past these networks
• Better networks to aid in the growth journey, whether as customers, vendors, advisors or even just a sounding board.

While the event is being held in Bangalore (14^th March) and Mumbai (20^th March), there are “virtual seats” to enable those who cannot make it in person, to watch the event from their desks (or even on their phones!)

Registrations here.