It Doesn't Take A Man To Run A Business: Women Business Owners

It Doesn't Take A Man To Run A Business: Women Business Owners
Owning a business used to be a man's world, and many of
them still think they have a monopoly on business
ownership. The truth is that as more women enter into the
world of business ownership, men are finding that they have
to compete with an equal partner who knows just as much if
not more than he does about running a business. This is
likely the result of more women attending college and
pursuing degrees in business that make them at least
equivalent to a man in terms of business expertise.
Certainly many men do not like to admit that, but many
women have the personal skills to work better with the
public than their male counterparts. As women, and
especially mothers, we have more patience when dealing with
issues than our male counterparts. This is especially true
of a retail business that requires a large amount of
problem solving.

Does the fact that more women are beginning to own
businesses mean that men will feel more of a competitive
edge? Possibly, but then again, having a little competition
is good for business, and if a man knows his competition is
female, he is quite often having his ego tested, so
therefore works harder to overcome the fear of a
woman-owned business becoming more profitable. The
government knows the potential for women-owned business,
and as such, they fall under one of the special categories
for funding for minority-owned businesses. Though women are
not likely to join the male-dominated construction or car
repair-type businesses, they are definitely going to give
them a good run for their money in accounting, legal, and
medical fields. Law firms, accounting firms, and doctors
are all fields once dominated by males, but the last thirty
years has shown a boom in the number of women who enter
these fields. In fact, statistics indicate that women are
better in business math, which gives them an edge over
males in the accounting field. Women are also less likely
to back down when pushed into a corner, a quality that
makes them good in the legal field. If they are also
parents, they are more skilled at determining the guilt or
innocence of a client, having faced it at home on many
occasions.

With more women opting for business-ownership, men can no
longer consider themselves the "experts" in this vocation.
In addition, it's something that should not require the use
of gender selection in order to determine abilities, but
should be based solely on skills. After all, we have
evolved beyond the generation when women's sole function
was to get married and raise babies. In the 21st century, a
woman has an expanded role, and she assumes that role in
her rightful place next to every man who is doing the same
function.

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