Starting and running your own company is hard, and so worth it! You have to be brave enough to say no to a steady salary, clear career path and more stability than on the entrepreneurial rollercoaster. We will not wait 80 years for gender equality. Every day, we change hearts, minds, systems.

I founded Global Invest Her to help women entrepreneurs get funded faster through demystifying funding. Then I decided to be true to myself and my passion: help women leaders in business reach their full potential and create more gender equality. I changed sectors, roles and professions every three to four years, and honed five languages as the voracious, curious learner that I am. At 21, I opened up a sales office for an Irish company in France, straight out of college, in an industry I knew nothing about. I wanted to be an entrepreneur since I was 17. Your family and friends will enjoy your quality time with them, all because you are the real you, at home and at work. Your investors will invest in you because of what makes you unique – your special mix of character, values, personality, experience, talents and passion. Your team will follow you and go the extra mile for you and your customers. You can’t waste energy trying to be someone else, or hide behind a mask. You will have many decisions to make every day. The more authentic you are, showing the real you (yes, warts and all), the better you will resonate with customers, your team, your investors, other stakeholders and – most of all – yourself.īeing an entrepreneur – a change-maker, someone who sees a problem they passionately want to fix and does everything in their power to fix it – takes a huge amount of energy. Everyone else is already taken.”Īs an entrepreneur, you really have the opportunity and owe it to yourself to truly be yourself. My mother would often write those wise words to me when I was younger. Here’s the thing – a secret you know deep down inside of you: you already have everything you need inside you to succeed and be a fantastic entrepreneur.įrom one global woman entrepreneur to another, I have five key messages to help you on your unique journey.

In an open letter to inspire future women entrepreneurs, Anne Ravanona shares some of the key things she has learned on her journey so far.

Dear Female Founder by Lu Li