TAILIEUCHUNG - Clearing the Hurdles: Women Building High-Growth Businesses

You know their names today, even though they made their mark 100 years ago and more. Cornelius Vanderbilt (railroads), Andrew Carnegie (steel), John D. Rockefeller (oil), Marshall Field (retailing), and Henry Ford (automobiles) left an enduring legacy of innovation, market dominance, and vast fortunes. They are among a handful of extraordinary entrepreneurs who not only achieved great wealth, but also won international celebrity. Whether you think of them as robber barons or heroes, these men who developed railroads, steel, oil, large-scale retailing, and automobiles continue to have a star quality associated with their names more than a century later | . thb book IS 1 wonderful gift to women who would like lo respond IO corporate America by saying Thanks I ll do ii myself. Jim Collins Author Good lo Grrat and Co-author Built Io I list CLEARING THE _ HURDLES WOMEN BUILDING HIGH-GROWTH BUSINESSES Candida Brush Nancy M. Carter Elizabeth Gatewood Patricia G. Greene Myra M. Hart Clearing the Hurdles Women Building High-Growth Businesses Candida G. Brush et al. PEARSON EDUCATION INC. Praise for Clearing the Hurdles This book is a must read if women are going to overcome the money hurdles that can limit their growth. It helps women navigate through the myriad options and alternatives available to them and identifies many that they are not currently seeking. Teri Cavanagh Senior Vice President Director Women Entrepreneurs Connection Fleet Bank Women setting out to organize and finance a new venture encounter all the same hurdles as men but they often perceive the bar is set higher. This book considers all the reasons for this and offers sound advice on how female entrepreneurs can think strategically build credibility obtain venture capital and realize their dreams of growth and success. Jack Gill Co-founder and General Partner Vanguard Ventures This is the definitive book for women who aspire to lead growing enterprises and for institutional decision-makers who recognize the power and potential of this economic segment. The authors understand the gut-level decisions that an entrepreneur must make and they combine quality research and practical recommendations to help every entrepreneur make informed choices to turn her biggest dreams into reality. Sharon G. Hadary Executive Director Center for Women s Business Research .absolutely first-rate and God knows we need this and we need it now .a dispassionate and clear-eyed look at the State of Women-Owned Businesses a topic that s been hotly debated but poorly researched for more than two decades now. This should become the bible for anyone thinking about starting a business

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