When you are an entrepreneur, launching a small business, the distance from the bottom to the top is not so great, and you are not only proving yourself but calling the shots as well. You are the CEO, as well as the chief bottle washer, from Day 1, so that is how you envision yourself and how others accept you. In corporate America, it's harder to envision oneself as CEO, because you don't see many women in the CEO slot. It's easier to think of yourself as reaching a pinnacle as executive vice president, or possibly chief financial officer. But you should never sell yourself short.
Low expectations can be a self fulfilling prophecy.
Business today is saying Get out of your silos. See the way you interconnect.