So, they often want to keep the business small, sort of as a stop on the road to retirement. Quantitative skills do not translate into employee growth. Women with high quantitative skills are also unlikely candidates for large employee bases. They start companies that have less propensity to grow. Women aren't as big on families as you might think.
Women are more educated.
Today's female professionals, particularly those who own small companies, are often more educated than the men they compete against. Men take much higher personal salaries, which Hisrich says could be attributed to the fact that male respondents were an average of 10 years older than their female counterparts. Women take business personally. Women say they are better at managing human resources, communicating orally and in written form, and developing personal relationships. Hisirch says he hopes to take these findings and expand upon them in future studies.