Men VS. Women in Entrepreneurship

INFOGRAPHIC zervant By Zervant WOMEN Vs ΜΕΝ IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP "I COULD IMAGINE BECOMING AN ENTREPRENEUR 22 42% 56% SAY OF WOMEN OF MEN Did you know that... 7 OUT OF 10 SOLE TRADERS ARE MEN 00000 0 0000 PEOPLE WHO 36% 64% STARTED THEIR OWN WOMEN BUSINESS IN 2012 MEN WOMEN ONLY 3 MEN INDUSTRIES ARE DOMINATED BY WOMEN Health & social care Personal & cultural services Education THE REST ARE DOMINATED BY MEN Business services Hotels & restaurants Retail Real estate Farming, forestry & fishing Manufacturing & extraction Information & communication Credit agencies & insurance companies Carriers Construction Energy & environment 20 40 60 80 100 WOMEN LEAD WOMEN MEN LEAD MEN WOMEN MEN Running a company Running a company AAAAA AAAAA AAAAA AAAA 80% 70% Female employees Male employees WOMEN TEND TO RUN MEN TEND TO RUN SMALLER COMPANIES BIGGER COMPANIES WOMEN MEN LTD COMPANY SOLE TRADER LTD COMPANY SOLE TRADER 25% 75% 40% 60% SMALLER COMPANIES PAY MORE EQUAL SALARIES SALARIES AS A PERCENTAGE 100% 100% 91% 68% 1-9 employees Over 50 employees COMPANY SIZE COMPANY SIZE TOP 5 PROFESSIONS FOR SOLE TRADERS WOMEN MEN 1 Hairdresser & skin therapist 1 Pet breeder & kennel owner 2 Forester 2 Construction worker & carpenter 3 Farmer (plants & animals) 3 Farmer (animals) 4 Seller, specialised stores 4 Farmer (plants), fruit & berry grower 5 Specialty retall 5 Forester THE BENEFITS OF RUNNING YOUR OWN BUSINESS THINGS WOMEN VALUE THINGS MEN VALUE MORE THAN MEN MORE THAN WOMEN Higher Independent work Earning a lot of money status Making ideas happen 68% Independent work 58% 67% Making ideas happen 57% 47% Personal development 40% 36% Lack of jobs available 29% 29% Combine work and private life 23% Agree completely 20% Earning a lot of money 24% 13% Higher status WOMEN MEN 15% 20 40 60 80 100 INFOGRAPHIC zervant By Zervant We believe that anyone should be able to run their own business. Try our invoicing software at www.zervant.com Infographic is based on data for Sweden and taken from: Statistics Sweden 2012 and 2013 The Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth Survey on Entrepreneurship 2012.