Jason and Lakisha Williams outline the various challenges female entrepreneurs continue to face throughout their professional careers.

1. The Challenges
Female Entrepreneurs
Continue To Face

2. Did you know that there are
9.1 million women business
owners in the US who employ
over 7 million people?

3. Despite this upward trend, women
still face many barriers when it
comes to entrepreneurship.
Here are the 3 most common:

4. #1.
Social
Expectations
Women are still expected to
play the role of homemaker
and caregiver in addition to
their professional roles.
They are also stereotyped as
being "too emotional" and "too
indecisive" to be good leaders.

5. How to overcome this challenge:
Don't become more competitive or
aggressive. Be authentic and true-to-self!

6. #2.
Access To
Role Models
Because their male
counterparts are typically
more successful, it's more
difficult for women to find a
good role model or mentor.

7. How to overcome this challenge:
Create your own support groups (on and
offline) that can be easily accessed by
other women!

8. #3.
Access To
Funding
Businesses require large
investments and women have
more trouble raising capital
than men do.
Because more venture
capitalists are men, they tend to
give their funding to men.

9. How to overcome this challenge:
Don't let this unmotivate you. Instead,
focus on putting together a business
plan that can't be resisted!