Women make some of the best entrepreneurs
According to a recent survey carried out by one of our partners, Everywoman, women
business owners have overtaken their male counterparts for ‘growth
ambition’, with 88% of women predicting business growth over next five
years (read full report )
With
female entrepreneurs predicting a £12 billion growth in turnover over
the next five years, there are plenty of reasons to join in the
optimism. And plenty of inspiration, help and support to get you there.
In Everywoman and Prowess,
we’ve got some great partners who specialise in supporting women to
start and grow businesses. And through horsesmouth mentors, you can also
get in touch with some of the most successful and inspirational women
in the UK to advise you – whatever stage you’re at.
On horsesmouth you’ll find advice on starting out from mentors like OutSec Ltd, aged
50, who set up business quite literally from the kitchen table and now
provides transcription services to in excess of 2,000 corporate clients,
many of whom are household names.
There’s also inspiration on overcoming barriers from young mentors like NatashaB, aged
27. Being a young mother at the age of 17 was no barrier to success as
she went on to become a volunteer business mentor for Shell LiveWIRE and also won a ‘Services to Enterprise’ award in 2006.
There
are many successful business women mentoring on horsesmouth who are
willing to share their experiences to help your business grow, like ‘EMpwr’.
EMpwr grew her business from a £1million turnover, to a turnover
approaching £4million after just three years, before going on to sell it
successfully.
Everyone
has their own motivations for setting up or growing a business, be they
financial or personal. On horsesmouth we find it’s usually a bit of
both. A healthier work-life balance, a millionaire bank balance, or
simply because you know you can do it better: now’s the time to get
growing.
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