“It doesn’t matter who you are, or where you came from. The ability to triumph begins with you. Always.” ~Oprah Winfrey
“I’ve always been a big believer in equality. No one has ever been able to tell me I couldn’t do something because I was a girl” – Anne Hathaway
In the male dominant world, which we have always lived, women have from time to time never failed to surprise the world. Great names of women have been splattered across the pages of history in almost every field today. In the yesteryear when jobs curtailed to their dependence on a male head, women worked under them, but today even that trend seems to be changing. Independence is the word most apt. Women seek independence and in their quest they believe in recognizing no authority above and one branch where this seems possible is in the line of entrepreneurship.
Over the years several enterprising women have lost out due to the lack of liberty. The liberty to take things in their hands, the freedom to choose a profession is what draws women towards the entrepreneurship.
And not only the concept of independence but also the want for money, the ambition of achieving new heights, reaching new realms and most of all making a name for themselves.
So what drives these women; apart from the name and the fame? A recent survey conducted by womensweb.in divulges some striking facts about women entrepreneurs in India.
The city which wins, with the most enterprising women, was Bangalore. And the sector was IT closely followed by apparel and the accessory related sector.
So who are these women? According to the survey the main chunk was from the age group of 25-30 and started out with at-least a post-graduation.
The majority of women-owned businesses are micro-enterprises or small/mid-sized businesses, with 73% reporting a revenue of under Rs.10,00,000 (Rs. Ten lakh or One million) in the last financial year.
Corresponding to this, the majority had under 5 employees (71%)
What drove women to start businesses? The opportunity to work more creatively and the perceived benefit of being one’s own boss were the top reasons chosen. While work-life balance was also chosen (by 36%) that was not the biggest reason for women turning entrepreneurs, as is commonly perceived.
60% of women entrepreneurs started their business with a capital of under Rs.1,00,000, and personal funds and savings were used to start the business in a majority of cases. However, 30% of those surveyed stated that they had used more 1 source of funding.
So with stories never ceasing to inspire, we see women, not only in India but in the world have realized that their purpose was not to remain dormant, but they could very well seize control. These are the stories of women, who have found their road, and are moving to their goals. These are the women who will remembered one day, as the some of the pioneers of the world
So to bring out these qualities from within you comes CONSORTIUM 2013.
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