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Women Entrepreneurs

“The important thing is not being afraid to take a chance. Remember, the greatest failure is to not try.”

DEBBI FIELDS

founder and spokesperson for Mrs. Fields bakeries

This chapter is specifically designed for you, women entrepreneurs.

I won’t get into how humiliating and arduous a climb you’ve had to make in order to gain respect and win control of your own lives in this country, and others. I also understand that your struggle is not over yet. In many African, Asian, and Middle Eastern countries, women are still being treated like property or worse. And we’ve still got a ways to go in the United States, though the misogyny we experience here is slightly less obvious, and slightly more insidious.

But here in Western society, ...

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