BEYOND SOLO: Female Entrepreneurs Who Scale Successfully

Bruce Kasanoff & Laura Novak

BEYOND SOLO Female Entrepreneurs Who Scale Successfully

On average, female-owned businesses don’t grow as large

as male-owned businesses

Female-owned firms are smaller than all others

If anything, they are shrinking

But some women aim big. How can they blast past “average” performance while staying true to themselves?

I hate how I acted atthe $1M+ organization meetings. It was mostly guys, and I felt like I had to change myselfto fit in.”

Laura Novak and Her Family

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INSTEAD OF BEING THE COMPANY build one around your unique set of values

Images: Noun Project

I’ve taken two maternity leaves during the course of growing our retail business, and those were some of the best months of the company.”

MAGAZINE

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Be Confident Be Competent Be Social Be Yourself

BEYOND SOLO Female Entrepreneurs Who Scale Successfully

• Take your business seriously

• Trust it as a solid investment

• Never apologize for your dedication and discipline

Be Confident

• Master the numbers

• Learn to hire, nurture and grow talent

• Seek out and delight customers

• Become a lifelong student

Be Competent

• Network with other confident and competent female entrepreneurs

• Look for women determined toscale their business

• Stay far away from the solo entrepreneur mindset

Be Social

• Don’t “act like a man” to fit in with male entrepreneurs

• Vest your company with your values: you CAN grow a kind, collaborative, and effective organization

• Trust your gut

Be Yourself

Source: strikingtruths.com

A LOVE NOTE TO FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS Do your best work. Touch one person. Make a difference to a handful. Build a legacy, not just an empire. Keep your value front and centre. Launch ideas from the heart. See the world as it isn’t. Make passion your master. Allow possibility to feed your soul.

Oh, yeah… expect the unexpected

Your Plan

REALITY

Be an example to your family

by doing what you love for a

living.

In those quiet moments, you have to believe you are building a great business.

THERE AIN’T NOTHING LIKE ALADY THAT CAN

MAKE SH!THAPPEN

Kapor Capital So Gal Ventures Female Founders Fund 37 Angels 500 startups Astia Women’s Venture Fund Golden Seeds Belle Capital Women’s Venture Capital Fund Texas Women Venture Fund Intel Capital: $125M Diversity Fund Valor Ventures Isabella Capital Women Venture

Venture Firms Who Target Female Entrepreneurs

Excerpted from Girl Meets Money: 50+ Resources for the Female Entrepreneur

act like you

Be Confident Be Competent Be Social Be Yourself

CREDITS

BRUCE KASANOFFGHOSTWRITER kasanoff.com

LAURA NOVAKFOUNDER, LITTLE NEST PORTRAITS LittleNestPhoto.com