Women Entrepreneurs

Hello Qurblites,

This past Tuesday, May 19, 2009 I attended an event at Y.S.U.'s Debartolo Stadium Club for Women Entrepreneurs: Increase your Possibilities in Today's World. Now being a male a lot of people reading would kind of do a double take and think, "And you were there because?". Well the truth is it was a fantastic event and I got the chance to meet some very talented, motivated and.. I'll admit it beautiful women. The panelist were very insightful and just plain motivating for any entrepreneur or career oriented individual yet the prescense of men was almost non existent. Now some would say, "Duh!". Yet my reply would be what's the difference between a man in business and a woman in business. There truthfully is no difference, business is both challenging and demanding whether a man or woman. The only difference is the mental barriers that lie within the minds of each of us regarding the capabilities and limitations of different groups of people. These are put there by ourselves and society as a whole.

When I first heard about this event I didn't think, "Oh, women entrepreneurs so they'll be discussing why men make them sick, PMS and gossip this and gossip that". I thought, "Oh, a great networking opportunity for entrepreneurs AND there will be strong, motivated and passionate women, BONUS!" Hey, I'm a single guy, I'm just being honest. But seriously, business is business, and we need to stop looking at what divides us and start to focus on what we have in common. I have no way of quantifying the positive effect that being at this great event, that a lot of men may have blew off as a result of not wanting to go to a "girlie event" will bring in the future. But the one thing I can quantify is the amount of pleasure I recieved from hearing and seeing the success of these wonderful women right here in the Valley. So whether woman or man, brown or white, tall or short, know that at the end of the day we're all human just trying to figure it all out.

Best Wishes,

Derek Caffe
Chief Executive Officer
Qurble.com
http://www.Qurble.com