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FIRSTBANK EMPOWERMENT #SMES

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The 17 Skills Required to Succeed as an Entrepreneur BY Sujan Patel

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                               Skills Required to Succeed as an Entrepreneur BY Sujan Patel 1. The ability to manage money. Very simply, if you can’t manage money, you can’t manage a business. Do you know where your money goes each month? Do you live off less than you earn? If the answer to these questions is no, you’ll struggle to manage a business budget as well. 2. The ability to raise money. Once you can manage money, can you get more? In order to get investment, you need to not only understand where to get money, but how to convincingly make a case that your business is a good risk as well. 3: The ability to relieve stress. Stress is no laughing matter. If you allow yourself to get frustrated and upset by setbacks, you’ll struggle as an entrepreneur. Learning how to use stress to your benefits is essential. 4. The ability to be productive. This is a big topic, because there’s no one right way ...

SHERO ENTREPRENEUR #SUPPORTGROUPFORWOMEN

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Isn't it a little primitive that most women are still not encouraged to give their careers top priority and are supposed to have a job mostly as a hobby or as a source of extra income? They are primarily supposed to take care of the family's needs, which can be especially stressful and for women who love their jobs and choose to focus on their careers yet meeting the domestic duties that are unlooked for. Personal choices which should be accepted and respected, yet it gets di luted when it comes to a woman who decides to fulfill her obligation at home as a part time work due to culturally adapted guilt or shame if they actually not willing to do. There also are gender stereotypes existing on how women cannot or should not take specific male dominated career or job and in many cases ridiculed subtly through remarks or being asked to rethink about a decision they are already certain about. Also, work-life balance becomes a major concern, especially for women, who is assumed to ...