Nida Fatima

In the last century, women have made an immense effort to be present on the map of success when it comes to entrepreneurship. They have a big influence, but they can do a lot more. Women have a higher success rate in the business, but they take less risk.

Women-owned and led businesses are a better bet for investors, but a lack of venture capitalists indicates that they still struggle to raise the funds they need, according to statistics on female entrepreneurs.

Famous people also believe that the way we view entrepreneurs needs to improve. They say we shouldn't think of CEOs as men or women, but rather as individuals who are good or bad at what they do.

When the world understands this concept, the world of entrepreneurship will become a better place for both men and women.

That's why I enjoy reading motivational business books written by women who have created successful companies and aren't afraid to admit their mistakes. You will learn a lot from other people's experiences and even be inspired by their accomplishments.

To help and motivate females I am sharing some inspiring books for the female entrepreneurs that every female needs to read and these books are sure to relight that fire.

DEAR FEMALE FOUNDER-LU LI

Dear Female Founder is a series of 66 letters from women entrepreneurs who have produced $1 billion in revenue, detailing their entire entrepreneurial journey, including emotional highs and lows, but most importantly, a true and inspiring tale.

The dear female founder is a one-of-a-kind collection of words of motivation, wisdom, and practical advice from successful female entrepreneurs. If you're a young female entrepreneur or an intrapreneur working for a larger corporation, the insightful advice will help you succeed and inspire you. If you're thinking about starting a business or want to inspire the next generation, I strongly suggest you read this book.

 HOW TO BE AN OVERNIGHT SUCCESS – MARIA HATZISTEFANIS

Rodial's cult snake serum was quickly labeled an "overnight success" by the press when it was first released. Rodial's creator Maria Hatzistefanis, on the other hand, had been toiling away in her bedroom for 18 years, creating the business from scratch. Now, in this very open novel, the beauty boss sets out to show how its success was built on sheer hard work, tireless efforts, and a lot of patience.

Fashionistas Maria set out with the goal of starting a beauty company, despite failing to succeed in school and being fired from her first job. She achieved her goals by dreaming big, working hard, surrounding herself with the brightest, taking chances, generating buzz, and building a following.

She accomplished this by dreaming big, working hard, surrounding herself with the brightest, taking chances, generating hype, and developing her own personal brand, which is now favored by high-profile models and media personalities such as Poppy Delevingne, Daisy Lowe, and Kylie Jenner. Maria shares some of her most valuable lessons in this book and emphasizes the importance of patience.

 GIRL ON FIRE – CARA LEYBA

Girl on Fire, by the best-selling author of Girl Code, teaches you how to start living the life you want without asking anyone else's permission. You'll be motivated to overcome any obstacles in your industry if you support women who create their own opportunities.

This book is for any woman who has had a vision that others might not be able to comprehend. It's for any woman who's had enough of following the rules. It's for every woman who has always felt she was meant for more but has waited far too long for the approval she thought she deserved.

This is one of mine favourite quote from the book “Successful entrepreneurs don't wait for their "big break" —they create it. They don't wait to be featured in a magazine, or picked up by a publisher, or given a chance to speak on a stage. They promote themselves on platforms they create, they self-publish their own books, they launch their own podcasts, they create their own events, and build their own stages.”

IN THE COMPANY OF WOMEN – GRACE BONNEY

Women are adopting the entrepreneurial spirit and launching innovative companies all over the world. Over 100 of these powerful and talented women from all ages, races, cultures, and professions are profiled in In the Company of Women. These interviews detail the keys to success (for example, going with your gut; maintaining meaningful and long-term relationships), highlight the importance of daily rituals (meditating; creating a daily to-do list), and provide advice for the next generation of female entrepreneurs and makers (stay true to what you believe in; have patience).

WOMEN WHO LAUNCH: THE WOMEN WHO SHATTERED GLASS CEILINGS – MARLENE WAGMAN-GELLER

Women Who Launch is a history of women in business and one of the most inspirational books for female entrepreneurs. You'll be inspired by the true stories of women who have experienced enduring success, such as Estee Lauder and Julia Ward-Howe, who are profiled in this book.

STRONG WOMAN: THE TRUTH ABOUT GETTING TO THE TOP – KARREN BRADY

Karren Brady, one of my biggest inspirations, who has overcome the odds. Karren went on to become Vice-Chairwoman of West Ham United after doctors told her she had a brain aneurysm following a regular examination and that she needed an operation with a 30% risk of not surviving. This is a great one for all you mumpreneurs who are juggling a family and a company.

SHE SPEAKS: THE POWER OF WOMEN’S VOICES – YVETTE COOPER

This is the book to read if you're looking for ideas for public speaking. You can't help but feel inspired when you see incredible speeches given by women throughout history. She Speaks features speeches by everyone from Boudica to Greta Thunberg, so there's bound to be one that speaks to you.

 THE FEMALE LEAD: WOMEN WHO SHAPE OUR WORLD – EDWINA DUNN AND BRIGITTE LACOMBE

The Female Lead is the story of 60 inspiring women from all walks of life who will inspire you to take control of your business. You'll be able to see what women who are unapologetically ambitious can do by looking at profiles of everyone from firefighters to movie stars.

IN MY SHOES – TAMARA MELLON

Tamara Mellon, co-founder of the famous Jimmy Choo, discusses how she became one of Britain's most influential self-made businesswomen. Fashionistas and entrepreneurs will love this book. In My Shoes is a candid look at the highs and lows of establishing a profitable brand.

LEAN IN: WOMEN, WORK AND THE WILL TO LEAD – SHERYL SANDBERG

Fit India+ is a fitness app that grants rewards every time you burn calories. The goal is to help people stay consistent in their fitness journey, incentivizing them with rewards.

Studies have shown that the main reason why people skip workouts is “lack of motivation”. What if there is a way by which you can count your calories and gain motivation seems impossible right? But  Amit Chhabria, Nikhil Muskur & Arhant Singh have made it possible with their fitness app. As per the motto “Burn Calories to Earn Rewards”, Fit India+ is a fitness app that grants rewards every time you burn calories. The goal is to help people stay consistent in their fitness journey, incentivizing them with rewards & offers for driving in motivation. However, the main purpose is to keep people in their fitness regime constantly.

A healthy mind resides in a healthy body, physical fitness is a crucial step to develop and maintain that healthy body. Fitness prevents diseases, improves mood, boosts energy, and maintains the weight of the body, collectively it improves the quality of life.

“Simply keep up your game of fitness and redeem exciting offers and amazing rewards on the Fit India + App. “

This is a calorie-based platform where for every 50 calories burned, Fit India + gives 1 Power Calorie (PC), which is an in-app currency. One can earn as many power calories to unlock the offers for amazing products in the in-app Store. It is a wearable-friendly application where one can do any workout they want and be rewarded for the efforts.

Along with gaining power calories and receiving rewards, there are many other features in this app. There is a level system in this app, the maximum capacity to increase power calories is as per any level the user picks. There are 5 levels which raise as much as 25 PC. One can record their consistency for active workouts by maintaining the streak, skipping a day will result in restarting the streak from day one.

Actual user feedback claimed that they used to burn 800 calories and now have raised up to 1200 calories after using Fit India+. This shows that people are feeling more active and it is raising the bar to their own limit not just to seek rewards but to level up their fitness game. Users of the app are not at all restricted to any particular form of exercise. Fit India + does not record any data on its own but reads it from HealthKit so the user/s has a choice of using their favorite wearable/s or any app they use to exercise daily.

Now let’s see what makes Fit India+ stand out in front of competitors:

It is a personalized fitness and rewards-based platform, where one can redeem exciting rewards & offers while achieving their fitness goals. It has been noticed that no one wants to be on the same fitness level, upgrading yourself higher in a better shape is what they want and this app helps in achieving it.

This is a calorie-based application that believes in you & would reward you based on the active calories you, we are sure it would make you feel good about putting in that extra punch to avail the best offers and rewards. In order to make the app user-friendly and accessible to more people, frequent updates are made. The app is already colorblind-friendly and they are currently testing a feature where Fit India + can also be used by Specially Abled people. The plans of the company involve working towards making their app to be more inclusive for everyone. New features and services would be announced soon on the app.

The company has strong marketing which is strategically planned. Currently, the market is completely open and welcoming them with open arms. Partnering with such companies makes them a family of 20 Brands+ and growing.

Nowadays, the market is evolving and brands wish to support small businesses. These collaborations grow and thrive such businesses and this proves to be more beneficial to the users. Fit India + also serves as a platform where companies can place their products and services while engaging with the audience. Their plan of execution is to grow organically and run a community-based program for everyone’s sake.

Fit India + is on a mission to help India stay consistent in its path of fitness. Operating such a dynamic app needs a highly skilled team with smart leaders. The team of this app has creative brains and everyone is passionate to take it to a worldwide platform.

Fit India +

Mr. Arhant Singh is the Chief Business Officer at Fit India + and has a well-built experience in Commerce, Social media & Heading B2B Sales, and Partnerships at Fit India +. He is extremely proficient in social media marketing and has been handling sales and marketing for the past 3 years.

Mr. Amit Chhabria is the CEO of Fit India+ and looks after the major operations and the business and product development aspects. He has been working on Business Growth & Scale-up profile for the Social Development Sector & various other startups for the last 5 years.

Mr. Nikhil Muskur is the man behind the success of the Fit India + app as he is the CTO and looks after the Apple Watch and iOS development. He is an expert in software development due to which he can manage multiple app-related projects with ease and is very efficient at it.

The whole team of Fit India+  has the following esteemed members:

Development Team: Nikhil Muskur, Amit Chhabria &Vaibhav Singh

Business Partnerships: Arhant Singh, Vishal Singh & Jayesh Patole

Social Media & Marketing team: Venkatesh Yadav & Gautam Kumar

You (probably) aren’t an exception.

The exact statistics have a number of variations, but most sources agree that the vast majority first stage startup fails. Some argue that as little as 4% of companies have survived for more than 10 years, with more than half dying in the first few years of operation. It’s reassuring to think you’re the exception to the rule, or that you’re more likely than your contemporaries to succeed. But the statistics suggest that this really isn’t the case.

You’re inexperienced

There is a reason why more experienced professionals produce more than amateurs — experience yields knowledge and skills. If this is your first stage startup fails, when making decisions, setting a direction or facing harsh challenges, you will not have previous experiences to draw on.

It is true that other experiences in your life can replace some level of experience here, such as holding a leadership role, navigating the industry in a lower-level position, or even working with other entrepreneurs. But you won’t know what it’s really like to run a startup until you’re in the driver’s seat.

You won’t take risks.

First stage startup tends to be more conservative than their counterparts with more experience. This is partly because of the lack of trust of first-stage startups, which stems from a lack of experience. The fact that first-timers have access to fewer resources than their more experienced counterparts is also partly due to it.

And that means that they are less able to tolerate financial instability and have a greater ability to manage the success of the company. The conservative path can lead to success potentially.

You don’t have enough contacts.

Even if you’re outgoing, for your first stage startup, it’s likely that you won’t have a very large network, and your professional network will play a major role in your business’s ultimate success. Your contacts will provide you with potential customers, partnerships, suppliers, and even staff, and maybe even investors or mentors who can give you advice if you’re lucky.

You will miss out on these advantages without a strong network in place and lag behind rivals who have stronger connections.

Your instincts are untested

Your instincts can actually be a valuable instrument for strategizing and decision-making when properly developed. “Good” instincts are generally the product of experience; grandmaster chess players can “feel” the correct moves because they have played thousands of games and can almost unconsciously read the board.

Seasoned entrepreneurs, in the same way, can sense which options are better than others and are more likely to lead their respective companies in the right direction.

You’re too excited

You’re nervous and excited when your idea is first stage startup — but that enthusiasm may end up being a hindrance. If you’re too excited, you may be pulled in too many different

Directions at once, simultaneously pursuing different startup ideas rather than focusing on the single items most needed by your startup, in a big push to get to market faster, you can also invest in expansion and growth too early, or over-spend your resources.

People won’t take you as seriously.

The sad truth is that if this is your first stage startup, most people — including investors, partners, employees, and customers — will not take you as seriously. They will know that less experienced entrepreneurs who are not as successful and can avoid your company simply because it has a slightly lower chance of succeeding behind the wheel with you. At its finest, it is a self-fulfilling prophecy.

All these factors may seem intimidating, but here you have to remember an important silver lining. The failure of your company is not the end — it’s the beginning. Every failure in your life will teach you something, from small, inconspicuous errors to massive heartbreaking events, and give you experience and a platform for your next chance to do something better.