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Re: Best businesses for women

faithsem — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 03:55:48 GMT

Awesome!!! Go for the seminar...and keep us posted!!

Re: Best businesses for women

BullsEye — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 23:58:39 GMT

Congratulations on finding a business model and product line that is interesting. We all wish your sister great luck with it.

Cheers from sunny Japan,
Charles

Re: Best businesses for women

DomainDiva — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 19:59:17 GMT

This sounds like it's going to be FUN as well as profitable. Wine is huge right now.

Re: Best businesses for women

BDS INC — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 13:39:37 GMT

Someone asked me to follow up and tell the community what my sister's plans are. Well she and I have looked into a franchise called Vino100. It is a wine store with 100 varieties of wine all under $30. It is a franchise so she'll get the support she think she needs, and where she lives there is little to no competition for a store which caters specifically to wine. Now all we have to do is go to the franchisee seminar and hopefully find financing.

BDS

Re: Best businesses for women

faithsem — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 15:10:56 GMT

Is there something she does in her liesure time that gets her cresative juices flowing??? Something that as she does it, she says to herself or to her friends/family...hmmm I'd like to try doing this and make some money from it??? I say those things because that is how I got started in my candle busiess...it started as a hobby...then ppl told me the smelled better than some 'name brands'...why don't I sell them??? So I took what finances I had, and the expertise and got online...found a few websites for more support and expert advise on how to stuff...its very time time consuming...money consuming...but its very satisfying to know its YOURS...to find websites like this...you are not alone!!!

Re: Best businesses for women

BDS INC — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 15:00:00 GMT

Thanks all for the posts - I should have written it more carefully. I by no means think a woman has to be in an industry specifically for women. In fact the user who in my opinion has given the best advice on the community happens to be DomainDiva. There are women business owner I know who own insurance companys, Internet companys, a high school classmate of mines owns a string of Jiffy Lube franchises in Virginia, so I am well aware women are fully capable of doing anything a man can do, in fact our next president my be a woman.

My post was merely to look at the types of businesses that have the highest rates of sucess for women business owners to give my sister a starting point. Way not look at the low hanging fruit to see if there is anything shes interested in? We talked about her going into my line of business (property management) but she just wants to do something totally different after working in banking and real estate for over 18 years.

Great posts, good community!

Re: Best businesses for women

Master — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 02:10:21 GMT

In addition to having passion, vision and energy for her own business, your sister should also look into her available networks. When you are on your own, you do not have the same support and security as when you are working for a Fortune 500 company. Before she leaves, she should have a good idea where to get similar level of support to get things done - e.g. good accountant, secretary, technology support, etc...

And I totally agree with the opinions expressed here that she should not limit herself to beauty, fitness and/or childcare... Encourage her to think out of the box and explore 'impossible' ideas... Good luck!

Can you please let us know what happened and what was your sister's decision at the end? Thank you!

Re: Best businesses for women

BullsEye — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 01:07:51 GMT

Hi BDS,

You've recieved some very good advice here. Never make the mistake of assuming that a woman belongs in a "woman's business." I've known women who were succeeding in the moving business, big truck sales, junk yard and used car parts supply, jumbo jet piloting, and trekking guide - all businesses with a "manly" image.

So don't automatically rule out anything just because it seems too testosterone-heavy for a woman to handle. I don't care what kind of business it is; women can do it (and probably already are).

Just follow the advice already given to help your sister find her real interests and passions, then let her natural drive take over from there.

Cheers from sunny Japan,
Charles

Re: Best businesses for women

LUCKIEST — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:31:33 GMT

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BUSINESS, MANAGING YOUR FINANCES, WRITING A BUSINESS PLAN AND MARKETING.
Working with SCORE can help any woman be successful in business.
Good luck, LUCKIEST

Re: Best businesses for women

SuccessSister — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 23:44:50 GMT

I agree with DomainDiva. If you're not passionate about a particular business, don't bother starting one. Women can succeed at any business. It's a matter of passion, skills,and building the right teams of advisors, consultants, and employees. Since your sister processes mortgages, she probably knows a lot about real estate. How about investing in real estate, now that the market is soft? There are lots of books and seminars on the topic. She could take a look and see if she's interested.