Top female entrepreneurs to watch this year and their advice to other women business owners.

1. Best Advice for
Young Female
Entrepreneurs
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2. Trust your instincts more than feels comfortable.
You know your own business best.
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Michelle Brown
Founder and CEO of CommonLit

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Know your value, and don’t be afraid to ask for
your value when you’re out in the professional
world, because you know your quality of work
and your work-ethic will back it up.
Jessica Maslin
Co-Founder and President of Mieron VR
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4. Say ‘yes’, and do it! Imagine and write down the vision
for your company with as much detail as possible.
Then, keep your big vision in mind and create a habit of
doing little things every day to build towards your goals.
Big visions are achieved by consistent regular small
acts. Build relationships with mentors who support
your dreams. And be ready for things to not go as you
planned. Be ready to improvise!
Mary Lemmer
Founder of Improve
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5. Wake up every morning and repeat to yourself,
‘I deserve to be here.’ Do not let anyone take
your light away from you. Every day, familiarize
with what your unique strengths are and
continue to hone and nurture them. Surrounded
by the right support, you can do anything you
set your mind to. Remember: when you make it,
give back.
Alyssa Petersel
CEO and Founder of MyWellbeing
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6. Don’t let what you don’t know stand in your way.
Surround yourself with people who compensate
for your weaknesses and who share your vision
and mission.
Leslie Bailey
CEO and Editor-in-Chief of Indy Maven
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When things go wrong, as they will, it changes
your mindset to come up with an action plan
to find a solution rather than an excuse. Keep
working on your dreams every day and one
day you’ll look back and realize you have
accomplished so much!
Danielle Wolter Nolan
Co-Founder of DNK Presents
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8. When starting a business, partner with people who
have skills that you do not. This makes for a better
well-rounded team that can bring valuable skills
needed to start a business. Also, make sure you really
love the concept, service or product your business
is selling because owning a business is not a 9 - 5
situation. If you love what your business is about, you
will happily work on it every day and it will become
integrated into your life.
Leslie Polizzotto
Co-Founder and Owner of The Doughnut Project
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9. Develop a unique insight and learn to storytell
around the fact that you are the best person to
bring this idea to life. Successful businesses are
built around intuitive knowledge of an under
tapped category.
Olamide Olowe
CEO and Founder of Topicals
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10. Never let anyone convince you that your age,
your gender or anything else will be an obstacle
to your success. Nothing is more powerful and
unassailable than your belief in yourself.
Ava McDonald
Founder and CEO of Zfluence
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Prepare just as much mentally as you
would technically in launching a business.
Entrepreneurship is a mental game so make
sure you can weather the ups and downs.
When things get rough, take a breath, seek
clarity, give yourself a break, and get back to it.
Farah Azmi
Founder of IXORA Apparel
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12. Don’t be afraid to make mistakes. I know it sounds
cliché and it’s normal to want to get as much
information as possible prior to starting, to try and
avoid mistakes, but don’t fear failing. Jump in, learn
as you go and partner with and learn from people
who have skills you don’t have. If you’re great at
operations but need someone on the front end,
partner with or hire a front-end specialist. The main
ingredient is jumping in and taking the action.
Barb Weidner
Co-Founder and CEO of Fast Capital 360
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And we couldn’t close without including the best advice
from Fast Capital 360’s own co-founder and CEO, Barb
Weidner, who shares this with young female entrepreneurs: