In addition, women are less likely to know an entrepreneur personally.
Other women have been more confrontational in the face of obstacles: One entrepreneur, who had started a business in 1990, lost her temper when confronted with a "No Women Allowed" sign in a government department, and ripped the sign off the door.
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But experts like Vijay Mahajan, a leading social entrepreneur, says a bank for women is mere tokenism in a country where there are "deep institutional problems" which lead to financial exclusion of women.
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Among other extraordinary women in the room, there was a first generation entrepreneur as well as a woman who established the first cable company in India.
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Despite my desire to be surrounded by more like-minded women, I never felt at a disadvantage as a woman entrepreneur and I kept a positive attitude.
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Some years ago Senay Ozdemir, a Dutch-Turkish journalist and entrepreneur, launched what remains to this day one of the best women's magazines I've ever read.
The 22-year-old budding entrepreneur thinks she has found a way to help shoppers (mainly women) get the size right the first time--no mean feat in an age of hyper-specialized clothing sizes that vary greatly across different brands and retailers.
We asked one successful entrepreneur, Victoria Pynchon, co-founder of She Negotiates Consulting, which helps women get better at asking for raises and promotions.
One entrepreneur has begun a pet-cloning business to cater to a growing number of Japanese women who are fonder of their cat or dog than their man.
To get the word out, the Kaiser Family Foundation will launch an ambitious national media campaign that will include taped public service announcements by Magic Johnson, a one-time star of the Los Angeles Lakers turned inner-city entrepreneur, and Rebecca Lobo, one of the most high-profile players in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).
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