<div><em>Successful women entrepreneurs say the business community in the country should change their opinion towards them, reports <strong>Arshad Khan</strong></em><br><br>The urgency to elevate participation of women entrepreneurs in the national business ecosystem was met with wise suggestions by the Y-gen women entrepreneurs at the Young Entrepreneurs Award event hosted by BW|Businessworld.</div><div> </div><div>The face of successful women entrepreneurs agreed that the business community in the country should change their opinion towards them and the failure of a start-up has nothing to do with the gender of its founders.</div><div> </div><div>Anshulika Dubey of Wishberry says, “six months back when we raised Rs 4 crore, many people said that we overvalued ourselves. This thing wouldn’t have been said if our company would have founded by all men league.” Further she adds that she doesn’t take investors on board whose opinions vary for female entrepreneurs.</div><div> </div><div>On discussing with the most common phenomena of quitting job after reaching to a certain age category to don the role of a family caretaker, the panel urged the women section not keep their dreams at bay and give equal importance to their professional life.</div><div> </div><div>Upasana Taku, co-founder, MobiKwik preferred a rather different view and said that women levels themselves below par combined with fear of a failure. This makes them to lose confidence in other women too. Women are the largest unused resource of the country and they ambition should not be crushed by social conditioning.”</div><div> </div><div>A country like India where half of the of the population lies below 30, there is huge opportunity for young women entrepreneur to prove their mettle in the business ecosystem. Example such as Indira Nooyi and Arundhati Bhattacharya have already paved a way for them to look into them and follow the path which they want to choose.</div>
