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If discussions, news stories, and blog posts about the economy leave you feeling a little depressed, let’s look at the strengthening Sheconomy. Women are a powerful force these days!

We make up the majority of college graduates, we are about half the workforce, and we own forty percent of private firms -that’s ten times more businesses than we owned thirty years ago! If you want to know just how powerful we are, be sure to read Erica Orange’s article, Women in Charge: The Emerging Global Sheconomy.

A huge segment of this Sheconomy is women entrepreneurs and young women and moms are two of the fastest growing demographics of entrepreneurs overall. These are exciting times but we still have some work to do.

Of the 40% of businesses owned by women, 70% of these earned less than $50,000 in revenue last year. Only one in five businesses with revenue over the $1 million mark are owned by women. In fact, a Kauffman Foundation study on business and gender shows women are outperformed by men in many areas of business.

What’s going on? Are we missing something? And what can we do about it?

We need to earn what we are worth.

I strongly believe that women do not ask for what they are worth. In the workplace and in our businesses, we don’t demand to be paid what we deserve to be paid. Men are more likely to ask and when you ask, you’ll be amazed at what you can get. If you have a job or a client that doesn’t pay you what you’re worth, find one that will. There are plenty of fish in the sea!

We need to take advantage of all the opportunities on the internet.

Women make up 56% of social media users. But how many of these women are profiting from all their networking, blogging, tweeting, Facebooking, and sharing? We have so many opportunities online right now to launch profitable products and services, ones that allow us to earn what we’re worth.

Find your sweet spot.

True success all about finding your sweet spot. It’s the intersection of what you’re good at, what you love doing, and what people will pay you to do. True success comes when you honor who you are and choose to do something you’re passionate about.

Are you ready to earn what you’re worth, harness the power of the internet and find your sweet spot? Check out our free video series at WEMastermind.com to get started!

• Over 1,000 Women Can’t Be Wrong: 10 Challenges Women Entrepreneurs Are Facing and What WE Are Doing About It! (shetakesontheworld.net)
• In Her Heels: My Interview with Barbara Corcoran, Star of ABC’s Shark Tank (shetakesontheworld.net)
• Women-owned Entrepreneurial Startups Underperform Men-owned Firms (kauffman.org)