5 Must-Know Tips From Successful Women Startup Founders

Start Before You Feel Ready “Don’t wait for perfection,’’ says Sara Blakely (Spanx). Most successful founders launched when they were 70% ready and figured out the rest along the way

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Build Your Tribe Early Whitney Wolfe Herd (Bumble) credits her success to mentors and peer networks, “Your support system will save you on tough days

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Turn Weaknesses into Strengths Anne Wojcicki ( 23andMe) says being underestimated can be an advantage. “Use fresh perspectives to disrupt industries,’’ she suggests

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Build for the Next 100 Million Users’’ Upasana Taku ( Mobikwik) stresses designing for first-time internet users, “If your product works for small towns, it will work everywhere

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Solve for India First’’ “Deep local understanding beats copying Western models,’’ advises Falguni Nayar (Nykaa)

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