Patricia Raskin- An Entrepreneurial Role Model for Women

In 2016, an estimated 163 million women were starting or running new businesses in 74 economies around the world. In addition, an estimated 111 million were running established businesses. These statistics are more impressive when we consider that women’s entrepreneurship rates increased by 10% on average vs 5% for men. But one thing which has been shown is there is a distinct gap between men and women in their perceived capabilities to start a business. The bottom line is we very often lack confidence. Sometimes it is because how we are raised, or because the stats are against us and sometimes it is just that the challenges may seem so big that we give up. What does it take to be a successful woman entrepreneur? We are going to talk to a woman who has “scratched” herself to the top of local media, and long after she had raised her family. Someone who knew what it was like to grow up in a generation that said, “girls should not do that” but made her own way as an entrepreneur.