“The road to success is always under construction.”

Attributed to Lily Tomlin

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“[The world’s greatest entrepreneurs] all seem to be white, male, nerds who’ve dropped out of Harvard or Stanford and they absolutely have no social life. So when I see that pattern coming in – which was true of Google – it was very easy to decide to invest.”

John Doerr

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“We will never close the achievement gap until we close the ambition gap.”

Sheryl Sandberg

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“In my experience the largest remaining obstacle is how to integrate family life with the life of a scientist.”

Dr. Mary-Claire King

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The editorial theme for this issue of the OSBR is Women Entrepreneurs. In this issue, we examine the reasons for the relative lack of women founders and leaders in technology businesses. Our authors discuss the entrepreneurial challenges that are unique to women and what changes may be implemented to tip the balance and increase the number of women entrepreneurs.

"If there were no bad speculations there could be no good investments; if there were no wild ventures there would be no brilliantly successful enterprises."

F. W. Hirst

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“Developing a prototype early is the number one goal for our designers, or anyone else who has an idea, for that matter. We don't trust it until we can see it and feel it.”

Win Ng

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“Success is simply a matter of luck. Ask any failure.”

Earl Wilson

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"Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage."

Victor Kiam

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