This document discusses women entrepreneurs. It defines a women entrepreneur as a woman who innovates, imitates, or adopts an economic activity, and as an enterprise owned and controlled by a woman with at least 51% employment of women. The roles of women entrepreneurs include generating new ideas, exploring business prospects, undertaking risks, generating employment, and supporting family income and overall economic growth. However, women entrepreneurs face problems such as lack of access to finance, balancing family and business responsibilities, lack of education, and operating in a male-dominated society. Women entrepreneur associations aim to provide support, promote unity, develop self-confidence, and secure assistance. The conclusion states that while traditional Indian society distinguished men's and women's work,

1. Women
Entrepreneurs
Shoeb Rahman
11-MBAK-51

2. Entrepreneur ?
 Entrepreneur
is one who distinguishes as a
person who undertakes to organise ,
manage and assume the risk of running a
factory or a business or an enterprise..
“Martin Luther King”
“Frank Young” describes entrepreneur as
change agent..

3.  Peter
F. Drucker defines an entrepreneur
as one who always searches for change,
respond to it and exploits it as an
opportunity…

4. Classification ?
 According
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to gender
Men entrepreneurs
Women entrepreneurs

5. Women Entrepreneurs
 Women
entrepreneurs may be defined as
a woman or a group of women who
innovates imitates or adopts an economic
activity.
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According to Government of India, a
woman entrepreneur is defined as,” an
enterprise owned and controlled by a
woman and having a minimum financial
interest of 51% of the employment
generated in the enterprise to women.

6. Role of Women Entrepreneurs
 Generating
new ideas.
 Exploring the prospects of starting new
enterprises.
 Undertaking
risks and handling of
economic uncertainty.
 Employment generation.
 Supports to family’s income.
 Overall economic growth

7. Problems ?
 Problem
of Finance- Finance is regarded
as “life-blood“ for any enterprise, be it big
or small. However, women suffer from
shortage of finance on two counts. First
women do not generally have property
on their names access to the external
sources of fund is limited. Secondly, banks
also consider women less credit-worthy.

8.  Family
ties- In India it is mainly a women’s
duty to look after the children and other
members of the family. Man plays a
secondary role. In case of married
women, she has to strike a fine balance
between her business and family
 Lack of Education- In India around 60% of
women are still illiterate and illiteracy is the
root of socioeconomic problems.

9.  Male
dominated society- the constitution
of India speaks of equality between sexes.
But, in practice women are looked as
weak section of society in all respects.
Women are treated equal. This serves as a
barrier to woman entry into business

10. Psycho-social Barriers
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Poor self image of women
Inadequate motivation
Discriminating treatment
Role conflict
Low dignity of labour
Lack of social acceptance
Lack of courage
Lack of freedom of expression
Lack of self-confidence

11. Role of Women Association
To provide a
meeting
ground for
women
Entrepreneurs.
To promote
and develop
feeling of unity
and
brotherhood
among
entrepreneurs.
To develop self
confidence
among female
entrepreneurs..
To secure
various
subsidies and
assistance.
To conduct
entrepreneurial
development
programmes for
women.

12. Some facts…

13. Women Entrepreneur for the
Ages

14. Madam C.J.
Walker(b.1867,d.1919)
Born daughter of
former Luisiana slaves
and orphaned at age
7, Walker developed a
home made scalp
lotion to stop her hair
loss. She then turned
her remedy into
business and
movement.

15. Conclusion …
Women constitute around half of
the total world population so is in
India also. They are therefore,
regarded as the better half of
the society. In the traditional
Indian society, a distinction was
made between men’s work and
women’s work, particularly that
of women with family
responsibility. But they are now
enjoying an equal status with
men and are equally
contributing towards the growth
of economy.

16. Thank you..