Entrepreneurial Mindset – Women Founders’ Advice - Part 71

In the Entrepreneurial Mindset Series, we feature the insights of 10 women founders who urge entrepreneurs to take action and start before feeling fully ready. Their collective advice focuses on building core confidence through continuous action, mastering financial awareness and business fundamentals, and leveraging strong professional networks and mentorship to drive sustainable growth.

Featured Women Founders

• Dhanya  Start before you feel fully ready.

• Maushmi Mohamad Khan  Believe in yourself and never let your background define your future.

• CA Priyanka Rushikesh Jaju  Believe in your capability to balance career and personal responsibilities with confidence and clarity.

• Eesha Gupta  Start before you feel fully ready.

• Anishka Herlekar Palange  My advice to aspiring women entrepreneurs is to believe in yourself and take the first step, even if everything is not perfect.

• Ar. Ramya Singh Rajput  Believe in your vision even before others do.

• Dr Manisha Acharya  My advice to aspiring women entrepreneurs is to believe in your vision and start before you feel fully ready.

• Biba Sabharwal  Believe in yourself, stay consistent, and keep learning.

• Sreelatha Manda  Sreelatha Manda believes that one of the most important lessons in entrepreneurship is to trust the value of one’s journey, experiences, and purpose, even before the world fully recognises it.

• Yogita Shah  Believe in yourself!

  
  

Dhanya – Start before you feel fully ready.

Company– DEZIRE METALS

Website: www.deziremetals.in

Advice

Start before you feel fully ready. Clarity and confidence come from action, not waiting for the perfect moment. Focus on understanding your product or service deeply, because knowledge builds credibility—especially in industries where you may have to prove yourself more.

Be consistent and patient. Growth in business takes time, and early challenges are part of the process. Instead of getting discouraged by setbacks, treat them as learning opportunities and keep moving forward.

Build strong relationships. Your network is one of your greatest assets. Connect with mentors, clients, and fellow entrepreneurs who can support and guide you.

Manage your finances carefully. Cash flow discipline and controlled expansion are critical in the initial stages.

Most importantly, believe in your ability to lead. There will be moments of doubt, but resilience and self-trust will help you navigate them. Stay adaptable, keep learning, and don’t hesitate to take up space in any industry you choose.

Maushmi Mohamad Khan – Believe in yourself and never let your background define your future.

Company– Entrepreneur

Website: Nope

LinkedIn: @mosmikhan16

Advice

Believe in yourself and never let your background define your future. Start with whatever skills and resources you have today. Keep learning, stay consistent, and do not fear failure. Women are capable of building successful careers, businesses, and strong families together. Financial independence and confidence begin when you decide to trust yourself.”

CA Priyanka Rushikesh Jaju – Believe in your capability to balance career and personal responsibilities with confidence and clarity.

Company– Jaju Momaya and Associates

Website: www.jmassociates.com

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/jaju-momaya-and-associates-360b0831a

Advice

Believe in your capability to balance career and personal responsibilities with confidence and clarity.

Develop strong financial awareness, as financial knowledge ensures independence and better decision-making.

Actively network, collaborate, and uplift other women—collective growth and support create stronger, sustainable success.

Eesha Gupta – Start before you feel fully ready.

Company– Eesha G & Associates

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eesha-guptacs?utm_source=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=member_ios

Advice

Start before you feel fully ready. Focus on building strong fundamentals, stay consistent, and don’t hesitate to ask for help or build the right network. Confidence comes with action, not before it.

Anishka Herlekar Palange – My advice to aspiring women entrepreneurs is to believe in yourself and take the first step, even if everything is not perfect.

Company– Aarnaa Boutique

Website: https://www.instagram.com/aarnaa_boutique_thane?igsh=ZW9tcmFmdzJ2NTJi

LinkedIn: https://www.instagram.com/aarnaa_boutique_thane?igsh=ZW9tcmFmdzJ2NTJi

Advice

My advice to aspiring women entrepreneurs is to believe in yourself and take the first step, even if everything is not perfect. Start with what you have, stay consistent, and be open to learning from every experience.

Challenges will come, but they are part of the journey. Most importantly, trust your vision and don’t be afraid to stand out—because your uniqueness is your biggest strength.

Ar. Ramya Singh Rajput – Believe in your vision even before others do.

Company– Ewara: The arch studio

Website: https://www.instagram.com/ewara_thearchstudio?igsh=MXNud2F1ajJqaG15eA==

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ar-ramya-singh-rajput?utm_source=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=member_ios

Advice

Believe in your vision even before others do. Start before you feel completely ready, because confidence grows through action and experience. Don’t underestimate the value of your ideas, your creativity, or your voice.

Focus on building strong skills, meaningful relationships, and a clear identity for your brand instead of comparing your journey to others. Challenges will come, but consistency and authenticity will always create long-term impact. Most importantly, never be afraid to take up space in industries where women are still underrepresented — your perspective has value.

Dr Manisha Acharya – My advice to aspiring women entrepreneurs is to believe in your vision and start before you feel fully ready.

Company– WEneurs Forum

Website: https://weneurs.in/

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/DrManishaAcharya

Advice

My advice to aspiring women entrepreneurs is to believe in your vision and start before you feel fully ready. Women often underestimate their capabilities, but entrepreneurship is a journey of continuous learning, resilience, and growth.

Some key lessons I would like to share are:

•             Do not wait for perfect conditions to begin. Start with what you have and improve along the way.

•             Build strong networks and seek mentors who can guide and support you.

•             Learn financial literacy and understand your business fundamentals early.

•             Be open to collaboration, partnerships, and feedback.

•             Do not fear failure ,every setback teaches valuable lessons.

•             Invest in personal growth, leadership skills, and confidence-building.

•             Focus on creating impact along with profitability.

•             Most importantly, support other women entrepreneurs and grow together as a community.

Women entrepreneurship has the power to transform not only individual lives but also families, communities, and economies. With determination, courage, and the right support system, women can become powerful drivers of innovation and inclusive development.

Biba Sabharwal – Believe in yourself, stay consistent, and keep learning.

Company– Biba Sabharwal

Advice

Believe in yourself, stay consistent, and keep learning. Success takes time, but hard work, confidence, and authenticity will help you grow and stand out. Don’t be afraid to start small and trust your journey.

Sreelatha Manda – Sreelatha Manda believes that one of the most important lessons in entrepreneurship is to trust the value of one’s journey, experiences, and purpose, even before the world fully recognises it.

Company– Dynamic Owls – Parent Teen Alignment Coaching

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sreelatha-manda-3bb14966/

Advice

Sreelatha Manda believes that one of the most important lessons in entrepreneurship is to trust the value of one’s journey, experiences, and purpose, even before the world fully recognises it.

Every challenge, setback, and personal struggle has the potential to become a source of strength, wisdom, and meaningful contribution.

She believes many women spend years doubting themselves while already carrying ideas, skills, and life experiences that can create real impact in the lives of others. Her own journey taught her that resilience is not built in comfort, but through learning to move forward despite uncertainty, fear, slow growth, or self-doubt.

Sreelatha encourages aspiring women entrepreneurs to begin before everything feels perfect. Growth, clarity, and confidence develop through consistent action, learning, and real-life experience. She strongly believes in continuous upskilling, self-awareness, and building emotional resilience alongside professional success.

She also emphasises the importance of authenticity and purpose-driven leadership. According to her, people connect most deeply with leaders who genuinely care, solve meaningful problems, and create emotionally safe and empowering spaces for others.

As someone working closely with teenagers and families, Sreelatha believes emotional wellbeing, communication, and supportive relationships are equally important in entrepreneurship.

Success is not only about financial growth or visibility, but also about creating sustainable impact while maintaining balance, integrity, and compassion.

She particularly encourages women to embrace their uniqueness rather than seeing their struggles or differences as limitations. Sreelatha believes that some of the most powerful leaders are those who transform personal adversity into empathy, strength, and service to others.

Her message to women entrepreneurs is to keep learning, keep evolving, trust their voice, and never underestimate the impact they are capable of creating through their work and presence.

Yogita Shah – Believe in yourself!

Company– Career Graph

Website: www.careergraph.net

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/yogita-shah-0074863

Advice

Believe in yourself! Challenges will come, find a way and be passionate about your work.