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Nowadays women are successful entrepreneurs in modern technology-based business ventures like tours and travels,
            business related to IT etc.
            Some of the well-known women entrepreneurs are:



                                     •  Kiran Mazumdar Shaw: She is the founder of Biocon Limited. This firm has entered the
                                       US biosimilars market and is getting the attention of investors. As per Forbes, it is the
                                       first company to get approval from the USFDA.







              Kiran Mazumdar Shaw
            •  Falguni  Nayar:  The  Founder  of  Nykaa,  which  sells  cosmetic  and  wellness  products
              online.


                                                                                                   Falguni Nayar

                                     •  Kalpana Saroj: She is the first woman entrepreneur of India and she is of the CEO of
                                       Kamani Tubes. Her journey from a Dalit child bride to Kalpana Saroj multi-millionaire is
                                       commendable and full of challenges.




                  Kalpana Saroj

            Small Scale Entrepreneurship
            Small  scale entrepreneurship  means  doing  business  at  small  scale in manufacturing,  trading,  providing  services,
            productions etc. It involves less capital investment, less labour and fewer machines to operate in a small place which
            can be from home or a small rented place in a locality nearby. These businesses play a very important role in the
            economy of many developing countries. Some of the small-scale entrepreneurship are bakery, candle making, potato
            chip making, toy making, dairy and related products, liquid soap making, spices etc.


                    WORK DONE BY AN ENTREPRENEUR


            When an entrepreneur runs a business:
            •  They use their creativity to come up with a new business idea that
              will fulfill the changing demands of the customer’s.
            •  They use the available material and people available around them
              in an innovative way merged with new technology to create new
              products.
            •  They work for the welfare of the society by saving the environment,
              contributing  their  money  to build  new  schools  and hospitals in
              their locality.
            •  They create jobs by hiring the skilled and unskilled labourers and helps in bridging the gap of unemployment.
            •  With the success of an entrepreneur the people connecting to it, all shares the success and thus helps in the overall
              development of the country.



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