Entrepreneurship offers freedom and purpose. Women entrepreneurs own their time, energy, and money. This enables women to pursue work that is meaningful and interesting to them.

According to the UN, for every dollar men earn, women earn 77 cents. At the current rate, it will take 257 years to close the global gender pay gap. Women in entrepreneurship is one of the fastest ways to narrow the gap. It's time to stop waiting for a system (that wasn't built for us) to catch up. 

Research shows that women are more empathetic leaders and that empathy drives successful business outcomes. Economist Jeremy Rifkin describes empathy as “the very means by which we create social life and advance civilization.” And yet women are under-represented in decision-making roles. 

Women invest in their families and their communities. Based on a study by the Women’s Philanthropy Institute, as women’s income rises, they become more likely to give to charity than their male counterparts. 

Women business leaders inspire other women - and girls - to pursue their dreams. Currently, women represent only 36 percent of U.S. business owners, but that figure is trending upward in part due to the pandemic. Representation matters. 

According to Inc., high rates of entrepreneurship are associated with a range of economic benefits, including job creation and higher rates of economic activity. More women entrepreneurs equal a healthier economy. 

Entrepreneurship offers more freedom for women

Entrepreneurship has the power to close the gender equity gap

Women are empathetic leaders and empathy fuels outcomes

The more money women make, the more they give

Women leaders inspire other women and girls

Entrepreneurship fuels the economy

In a world where women are intentionally - and unintentionally - taught to play it small and not take risks, it can be controversial for a woman to start her own business.


Most of us are familiar with the impossible expectations on women to raise children and manage a household, while simultaneously bringing in an income and still finding time to remember to send a birthday card to their mother-in-law's sister. Most of us don't realize that the courageous leap into entrepreneurship can be both incredibly rewarding and achievable, despite all of the obstacles. 


The truth is that without women in entrepreneurship there is an incredibly high opportunity cost for everyone - not just the women themselves.

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Here's 6 reasons why the world needS women entrepreneurs: