{"id":31,"date":"2017-06-25T22:50:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-25T22:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biznessvirgins.com\/index.php\/2017\/06\/25\/the-diary-of-a-biznessvirgin-for-the-ladies\/"},"modified":"2020-02-20T09:33:16","modified_gmt":"2020-02-20T09:33:16","slug":"the-diary-of-a-biznessvirgin-for-the-ladies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biznessvirgins.com\/?p=31","title":{"rendered":"The diary of a Biznessvirgin: For the ladies…."},"content":{"rendered":"

Few weeks ago, my mentor invited me to a closed group seminar put together by the European union for Female entrepreneurs in Nigeria.
The topic of discussion was Reducing Institutional and Cultural Barriers for Young Women’s Entrepreneurship .<\/p>\n

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A couple of accomplished and well experienced female entrepreneurs were in attendance (as panelists) to share their stories and provide guidance to upcoming female entrepreneurs. <\/h2>\n

The seminar was super refreshing, i picked up simple life lessons from the panelists and i will like to share some of them with female readers of this blog.<\/p>\n

1) Be bold,be brave, do not be intimidated by cultural and institutional barriers you encounter along the way, you have all it takes to overcome.<\/p>\n

2) Discover yourself, do not become what the society wants or expects you to be.<\/p>\n

3) Always take out time to understand government policies and the working environment in which you operate.<\/p>\n

4) Find time to mentor young female entrepreneurs coming after you.<\/p>\n

5) Institutional and cultural barriers in our way as women cannot be brought down by one person, we need to come together and advocate as a group, there’s power in numbers.<\/p>\n

6) Mentorship makes the journey faster and builds confidence in you as an entrepreneur, Find the mentors you need .<\/p>\n

7) Be visible on social media for “the right things”.<\/p>\n

8) Silence the noise in your head from societal expectations.<\/p>\n

9) Build a track record that speaks for you.<\/p>\n

10) Dream big, you can do it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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I left this seminar empowered and inspired to conquer , i hope this little piece of it does the same for you…..<\/p>\n

Yours Truly,
F.O (The Entrepreneur).<\/p>\n

P.S – On that day they will say to Jerusalem, \u201cDo not fear, Zion; do not let your hands hang limp. Zephaniah 3:16<\/a><\/p>\n

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