Women entrepreneurs may be defined as the women or a group of women who set up and operate her enterprise. Self dependence, career consciousness, and self respect are the key factors motivating women entrepreneurs to choose a profession as a challenge. Women entrepreneurs play a key role in the economic development of any developing country. They have been recognized as an important source of economic growth. Women entrepreneurs are creating new jobs not only for themselves but also for others. They contribute to the economic well being of the family and communities, women empowerment, and reduction of poverty, and thus the role of women entrepreneurs in economic development is inevitable. Women entrepreneurs face many problems in their efforts to develop the enterprise they have established like problems of finance, shortage of raw materials, marketing problems, lack of entrepreneurial skills, family responsibilities, etc. However, government and non-governmental organizations are coming forward for the growth of women entrepreneurship in India and around the globe.
