Sunday, October 24, 2010

Women and stock ownership

In 1982 women owned 40% of stocks.  Today it is about 60%.  Thus women need to understand stock voting and related issues of stock ownership and management.

A second speaker noted that access to money is access to power.  Women definitely have more trouble accessing money that men.  Women don't like debt, but a business cannot grow without it.  A particular barrier comes when businesses grow beyond $250,000 in annual revenues. At that point an owner has to let go--she has to allow others to be responsible for parts of the business.  Women need to think ahead, to have a five year plan and a sense of what they have to do to get to their goal.

Go, women, go!

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