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Challenging and breaking stereotypes for women in entrepreneurship

This article discusses entrepreneurship education to support, encourage and empower women in entrepreneurship in the context of the experience of the recent European SME Week Summit.

24 October 2012 Tags: Alarga, business education, cambridge, cambridge Judge Business School, centre for entrepreneurial learning, CfEL, Chryso Christodoulou, creativity, Dilek Ayhan, EnterpriseWISE, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurial Ecosystem, Entrepreneurial Education for Women Entrepreneurs workshop, entrepreneurial journey, entrepreneurial self-efficacy, entrepreneurial spirit, entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship education, Europe, European network of Female Entrepreneurship Ambassadors, European SME Week Summit, female entrepreneurs, female entrepreneurship, female stereotype, feminist critique of science, FUNecole, gender biases, gender gap, inspiration, ISBE Conference, Melanie Bryan OBE, mentors, motivation, self-efficacy, social enterprise, stereotypes, The European Network of Female Entrepreneurship Ambassadors, UK Female Entrepreneurship Ambassador, WHYNOTCHANGE, women entrepreneurs, Women's Entrepreneurship Makes Business Sense
Posted in EnterpriseWISE, entrepreneurship, Skills for entrepreneurs

A Valiant Dream: the personal rollercoaster ride of one feisty, female entrepreneur

What happens when the entrepreneurial ambition doesn’t follow the planned path? What happens when the dream fails? How does the entrepreneur find the next dream and move forward? Jane Wilks, a regular mentor on our Ignite programme, has written a book, ‘When it’S HIT THE FAN: An Entrepreneurial Roller Coaster Ride’ about her personal journey – the highs and lows of being an entrepreneur, her experiences with her company Valiant and regaining her entrepreneurial spirit.

8 July 2011 Tags: An Entrepreneurial Roller Coaster Ride, business consulting, business education, business failure, business mentors, Cambridge high-tech cluster, Cambridge start ups, centre for entrepreneurial learning, CfEL, Dot-com bubble, down-sized, Elizabeth Jane Wilks, Entrepreneur, entrepreneurial ambition, entrepreneurial business, Entrepreneurial Ecosystem, entrepreneurial journey, entrepreneurial spirit, entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship courses, entrepreneurship education, failure, female entrepreneur, female entrepreneurship, guide for entrepreneurs, high growth startup, Ignite, Ignite programme, investments, investors, Jane Wilks, lessons learned, market timing, mentoring, mentors, motivation, raising capital, raising funds, rapid growth, Shai Vyakarnam, software business, spirit of enterprise, summer school, VC money, venture capital, When it'S HIT THE FAN, When it'S HIT THE FAN: An Entrepreneurial Roller Coaster Ride
Posted in entrepreneurship, Ignite

Posts Tagged ‘female entrepreneurship’

A Valiant Dream: the personal rollercoaster ride of one feisty, female entrepreneur

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