Women & Minority Entrepreneurs
Inspiration and advice to help women and minorities face the challenges of business ownership.
Recent events ranging from Supreme Court decisions on
affirmative action programs to the outcome of the O.J. Simpson
trial have left issues of race, gender and fairness on
everyone's minds. In the words of one entrepreneur we spoke to,
"You want to believe you're going to get a fair shake
every time, but that's just not true." What is true,
unfortunately, is that women and minority entrepreneurs sill face
distinct challenges in starting, running and growing their
businesses. But the news is not all bad-far from it. More women and
minorities than ever before are turning to entrepreneurship as a
way to take charge of their destinies-and more area succeeding at
small-business ownership. To celebrate that success, as well as to
offer help in overcoming the hurdles, we at Entrepreneur
present this special report.