Thursday 16 February 2012
A Home for Aspiring Entrepreneurs
Incubators, entrepreneurship schools, garages, and more. I love it. Places where aspiring entrepreneurs can go for space, resources, inspiration, mentors, advice, and possibly funding. A place to network with other aspiring entrepreneurs, to create, and to make things happen. I see opportunities for incubators in many developing countries where they do not currently exist. Guyana doesn't have one yet....but maybe one day :)
Monday 13 February 2012
Women's Entrepreneurship is Climbing
“It really is when the spirit speaks … and the stars align,” Pastore said. “That’s what being an entrepreneur is – you see an unmet need and you fill it.”
Womens' entrepreneurship is climbing....and very fast! All over the world we see NGOs, governments, and the private sector investing in female entrepreneurs with new projects, loans, support networks, and more. These women are passionate, determined, and hardworking but many of them lack the confidence to get things going. Micro-finance, mentors, training, and support groups have helped women excel as entrepreneurs who will make a difference.
I found this article below about female entrepreneurship on the rise....check it out!
http://linkd.in/ApvOp2
Womens' entrepreneurship is climbing....and very fast! All over the world we see NGOs, governments, and the private sector investing in female entrepreneurs with new projects, loans, support networks, and more. These women are passionate, determined, and hardworking but many of them lack the confidence to get things going. Micro-finance, mentors, training, and support groups have helped women excel as entrepreneurs who will make a difference.
I found this article below about female entrepreneurship on the rise....check it out!
http://linkd.in/ApvOp2
Monday 30 January 2012
A Young Entrepreneur's Secret Weapon...
Check out this great article on one of the most important things needed for an entrepreneur to succeed...a mentor!
A mentor will be someone to support, encourage, and give advice to the entrepreneur. A good mentor will be someone who has experience that they can share from starting their own business or working with entrepreneurs. As a part of the Women's Entrepreneurship Project that I coordinated in Guyana, we matched every entrepreneur with a mentor which was critical for the success of the project. Everyone should have a good mentor that they can go to for advice. All of the women I worked with felt that it was necessary to have a mentor and many of them needed a strong, confident, and successful mentor with experience and business education to give them encouragement and advice to take their business one step further.
Working with entrepreneurs? Be sure to incorporate a mentorship program!
Mentors: A Young Entrepreneur's Secret Weapon...http://linkd.in/whlRbv
A mentor will be someone to support, encourage, and give advice to the entrepreneur. A good mentor will be someone who has experience that they can share from starting their own business or working with entrepreneurs. As a part of the Women's Entrepreneurship Project that I coordinated in Guyana, we matched every entrepreneur with a mentor which was critical for the success of the project. Everyone should have a good mentor that they can go to for advice. All of the women I worked with felt that it was necessary to have a mentor and many of them needed a strong, confident, and successful mentor with experience and business education to give them encouragement and advice to take their business one step further.
Working with entrepreneurs? Be sure to incorporate a mentorship program!
Mentors: A Young Entrepreneur's Secret Weapon...http://linkd.in/whlRbv
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