Beyond the Bucks Growth strategies of successful women entrepreneurs

The research presented in this report offers novel findings on the impediments women faced in the post startup, also known as the “growth stage,” of entrepreneurship. At the same time, we provide insights as to how they were able to accomplish significant growth in spite of the barriers they faced. What we learned is that all of the women were able to grow their businesses through grit, resilience and leadership excellence. We also found that the women featured in this research shared common barriers and faced similar challenges in pursuit of building large, sustainable businesses. We first report the barriers through their quotes and examples, and then provide actionable strategies so that all entrepreneurs can learn from this exclusive group of industry-leading women business owners.

We hope this white paper will provide women’s entrepreneurship advocates with a shared understanding of how women are able to successfully grow their businesses as well as areas where they are still challenged. Our goal is to help other women entrepreneurs identify opportunities for similar accelerated growth as we celebrate and encourage the creation of robust, industry-leading, women-owned businesses.