It is a fact that people who are trained in an intense professional environment and become successful are more mentally strong than privileged ones. Female entrepreneurs deal with several cultural barriers, including facing gender inequality to chasing dreams in any stereotypical society. Besides the notable growing ratio of female entrepreneurs with state support in developed countries, businesswomen are struggling in third-world countries to empower themselves. These women who have passed through tough times play an inspirational role for other aspiring female entrepreneurs around the globe.
Here are two fail-proof tips from capable women entrepreneurs to help you break the shackles and empower yourself financially.
Create an artificial boundary for yourself
According to Divya Gokulnath, the Indian entrepreneur, educator, co-founder, and director of Byju’s, we need to create some kind of artificial boundary for ourselves through which we can religiously focus on a single goal rather than distribute our attention to multiple things.
As per her belief, men and women face inherently different challenges including psychological and social factors. She said, “We can do much more than we think”, and she is a living example, representing herself to the female community, that each woman’s dreams are achievable, but we need to be passionate. Being a woman in a closely-knit culture, she realizes the importance of lifting each other up in the community.
Divya said, “As women, we are able to bring that sort of diversity to solving a problem. So you’re able to have a multidimensional approach to solution creation.”
Female entrepreneurs must learn to adapt
Jahan Ara, from Pakistan, has shattered the myth that the IT sector is not for a female brain. After defying the assumption and serving as the President of P@SHA, she founded Enabling Technologies in the early 90s. In a developing country, being president in a presumably strange field was unwelcoming, according to the female entrepreneur.
She thinks that one of the best ways of dealing with misogyny in the workplace is to create awareness in the organization. In 2021, she started Katalyst Labs, a startup accelerator and women’s leadership program. The female entrepreneur believes that every woman must broaden her mindset and adapt to the new skills she enjoys and start her business accordingly.
Jehan Ara said, “women just need to give themselves the opportunity to be successful, and to stop double-guessing their own ability.”
