Inspiring Stories from Women Entrepreneurs

Have you always dreamed about starting a company, but don't know where to begin? Is there a great idea for a product or service floating in your head, but you're struggling to make it a reality?

Even though there are many reasons not to start your own business, as the CEO of Women For Hire, Tory Johnson can attest that the advantages of business ownership far outweigh the risks. Read about her story HERE.

Besides being your own boss, you'll know that all of the hard work will directly benefit you, instead of increasing profits for someone else. The potential for earning and growth are far greater. Most notably, a new business is as thrilling as it is risky, and running your own company provides endless challenges and great potential for learning.

With a wealth of information and resources available to budding entrepreneurs, starting a business is within reach of anyone with enough guts and determination.

To help, in this section we've compiled resources that will serve as a handy guide to give you an idea of what it takes to get your business off the ground and running.

en - tre - pre - neur noun. A person who organizes and manages a business undertaking, assuming the risk for the sake of profit.
(Webster's New World Dictionary)

Now is as good as time as ever to start a business. Over the last seven years the number of women-owned firms with employees has grown at a rate (28 percent) three times the amount of all firms with employees (9 percent) (Center for Women's Business Research, 2005). Meet some of the women who have started their own businesses below.