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Department :MBA Subject Code : BA4032
Year/ Sem : II/ 03 Subject : Entrepreneurship development
Regulation : 2021 Staff Incharge : Ms.M.Karthika

UNIT I ENTREPRENEURAL COMPETENCE 9

Entrepreneurship concept – Entrepreneurship as a Career – Entrepreneurial Personality -
Characteristics of Successful Entrepreneurs – Knowledge and Skills of an Entrepreneur.
PART A (2 marks)
1 What is an Enterprise?
2 Define Entrepreneur
3 What is Intrapreneurship?
4 List out the Characteristics of Entrepreneur
5 Mention the different features of an Entrepreneur.
6 List out some of the qualities of true Entrepreneur
7 State the various functions of Entrepreneur
8 What do you meant by Achievement motivation?
9 What are the types of Entrepreneur?
10 What are the skills needed by an Entrepreneur?
11 What are the characteristics of successful entrepreneurs?
12 Write any four qualities of Entrepreneur
13 What are the Factors affecting Entrepreneurship growth?
14 What are the Economic Factors?
15 What are the Social factors?
16 What are the Personality Factors?
17 Define entrepreneurial personality
18 What is meant by Innovative entrepreneurs ?
19 What is meant by Fabian entrepreneurs ?
20 What is meant by Drone entrepreneurs ?
21 What are the type of the financing sources ?
22 Write any two Disadvantages of Entrepreneurship
23 Write any two advantages of Entrepreneurship
24 why motivation is an important factor for an entrepreneur?
25 What are the 6Cs that motivate entrepreneurs?

PART B (13 marks)

1 Describe the types of Entrepreneurs? Which one do you think most suitable for India?
2 Elaborate the Concept of Entrepreneurial Personality with examples.
3 Discuss the knowledge & skills of Entrepreneur with neat sketch
4 ‟Entrepreneurship as a Career‟- comment this statement
5 Write a short note on Entrepreneurship
6 Explain the Characteristics of Successful Entrepreneurs.
7 How Entrepreneurship as a Career? Explain
8 Explain the Qualities of Entrepreneur.
9 Write a note on Women Entrepreneur in India.
10 What are factors affecting Entrepreneurship growth?
11 What are the Basic Concepts & Characteristics of Entrepreneurship?
12 Explain the Characteristics or features of Entrepreneurship
13 Discuss the Entrepreneurial Process in detail.
14 Discuss the different phase of entrepreneurship in detail
15 Discuss the different types of Business in detail.
PART C (15 marks)
1 Explain the Importance of Entrepreneurship in detail.
2 Explain the features of Entrepreneurship in detail
3 Discuss the two Factors affecting Entrepreneurship in detail.
4 Explain the classification of motivated factors in entrepreneurs.
5 Discuss the Other Categories of Entrepreneurs in detail.
6 Distinction between Entrepreneur and Intrapreneur
Difference between Entrepreneur and Manager
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Discuss Some Myths about Entrepreneurship in detail with neat sketch.
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UNIT II ENTREPRENEURAL ENVIRONMENT 9

Business Environment - Role of Family and Society - Entrepreneurship Development Training and
Other Support Organisational Services - Central and State Government Industrial Policies and
Regulations.

PART A (2 marks)
1 What is Business Environment?
2 List out the objectives of Entrepreneurial Training.
3 What is Entrepreneurship Development?
4 List out the steps involved in Entrepreneurship Training Programme.
5 List out the contents of EDP.
6 What is DIC?
7 Mention the Nature of International Entrepreneurship.
8 Write a brief note on SISI.
9 What is the role of the Entrepreneurship in economic development?
10 What are the objectives of EDPs?
11 What are the phases of EDPs?
12 Define Training
13 What are the objectives of training?
14 What are the methods of training?
15 What are the characteristics of a successful Training programme?
16 What is on the job training?
17 What is Job Rotation?
18 What is Apprenticeship training?
19 How training is given in the small scale industries?
20 What is Development?
21 Write any four financial institution names.
22 List of Loans available for starting Industrial venture in India.
23 State the merits of international Business.
24 What are the non-economic factor in busines environment ?
25 Social mobility –explain.
 PART B (13 marks)
1 List out phases of EDPs.
2 Write the essential components of training.
3 Write the Steps for Starting Small-Scale Industries.
4 What are the financial institutions which help entrepreneur?
5 What are the Entrepreneurial Initiatives in India- “Top Incubation Center”?
6 Is there any entrepreneurial Initiatives in India? Mention it.
7 What is a Micro, Small or Medium Enterprise?
8 What is the Role of Government in Supporting Entrepreneurship?
9 Is there any State Governments Incentives for Investors?
10 What are the Loans available for starting Industrial venture in India?
11 Write the Steps for Social Conditions in business environment?
12 Discuss the Role of Family and Society in business environment?
13 Discuss the Psychological factors affecting business Environment?
14 Explain about the Entrepreneurship development program in detail.
15 Discuss the Problem faced by EDP in detail.

PART C (15 marks)

1 Discuss the following beneficial ways in EDP .
2 Explain the objectives of EDPs in detail.
3 What are the Institutional support to small entrepreneurs in detail.
4 Explain the Entrepreneurship Development Training in detail.
5 Discuss the effectiveness of EDPs in motivating the Entrepreneurs.
6 Explain the designed EDP envisages three tiered approaches in detail.
Discuss the Central and State Government Industrial Policies and Regulations in detail.
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Discuss the financial and Support Institutions in business environment.
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UNIT III BUSINESS PLAN PREPARATION 9

Sources of Product for Business - Prefeasibility Study - Criteria for Selection of Product - Ownership - Capital
Budgeting- Project Profile Preparation - Matching Entrepreneur with the Project - Feasibility Report Preparation
and Evaluation Criteria.
PART A (2 marks)
1 What is meant by project identification?
2 What is meant by selection of product?
3 What is meant by project formulated?
4 What is meant by Technical feasibility?
5 What are the assessments of project feasibility?
6 What is meant by financial planning?
7 What is debt equity consideration?
8 What is meant by IFCI?
9 What are the objects of ICICI?
10 What is meant by Venture capital?
11 What is meant by export finance?
12 What is meant by IDBI?
13 What is the assistance by commercial bank?
14 What are the special characteristics of International Trade?
15 What is meant by Tax holiday?
16 What are the basic elements of export procedure?
17 How is documentation for exports prepared?
18 What are the groups of Export credit and Guarantee Corporation?
19 What is the role of the Institutional assistance for exporters?
20 What is meant by International Collaboration?
21 What is meant by Project?
22 What is meant by Project Appraisal?
23 Define prefeasibility study
24 Define Ownership
25 Define Capital Budgeting

PART B (13 marks)

1 How to identify your product in detail?
2 How to appraise the project in detail?
3 What do you know about Pre-feasibility Studies?
4 Explain the Classification of Ownership Structure.
5 How do you prepare Business Plan in detail?
6 Discuss the common growth strategies marked in small scale business.
7 What are three primary parts to a business plan in detail.
8 What are the seven key components of business plan in detail.
9 What are the key factors considered for ecological analysis ?
10 Discuss the Project formulation process of sequential stages in detail.
11 Explain the Financial Analysis in Business Plan in detail
12 Discuss the five stages of a product life cycle in detail.
13 Discuss the objectives of Project Completion in detail.
14 Explain the Project Profile Preparation in detail.
15 Discuss the project formulation in detail.

PART C (15 marks)

1 Who Needs a Business Plan? Discuss in detail.
2 Discuss the Types of Plans in business detail.
3 Discuss the Proposed Business Plan in detail
4 Discuss the Keys to success and why many plans fail in detail.
5 Difference between Feasibility study and Business Plan
6 Explain the elements of a good feasibility study
7 Discuss the Criteria for Selection of Product.
8 Explain the Methods of Project Appraisal in detail.

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UNIT IV LAUNCHING OF SMALL BUSINESS 9

Finance and Human Resource Mobilisation - Operations Planning - Market and Channel Selection
Growth Strategies-Product Launching – Incubation, Venture capital, Start-ups.
PART A (2 marks)

1 What is meant by Market survey?

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2 What is meant by market assessment?
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3 What is meant by market segmentation?
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4 What is meant by pricing policy?
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5 Define co-operative organization.
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6 What are the types of co-operatives?
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7 What are the types of growth strategy?
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8 What is meant by diversification?
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9 What is meant by Joint Stock Company?
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10. What is meant by marketing mix?
11. Define Branding.
12. What is meant by Packaging?
13. What is meant by distribution channel?
14. How to select a suitable channel?
15. What is meant by Man power planning?
16. What is the identification of job requirements?
17. Define venture capital.
18. Define Merger
19. Define Incubation
20. Define Franchising
21. What is meant by Start-ups ?
22. What is meant by Manufacturing franchising ?
23 What is selection of product?
24. What is IDBI?
25. What are the special characteristics of International Trade?

PART B (13 marks)

1 What are the Marketing Strategies involved in Entrepreneurship?
2 Explain the pricing methods/policies in detail..
3 Discuss the Distribution methods in detail.
4 Discuss the note on Working capital Management.
5 Write a short note on Inventory Management in detail.
 6 Write a short note on Production and Operation Management.
7 Discuss the Growth strategies in small business in detail.
8 What are the three common forms of business expansion in detail.
9 What are the Types of diversification in detail.
10 Discuss the Advantage & disadvantage Merger in detail.
11 Why is business incubation important? In detail.
12 Discuss the Market and Channel Selection In detail
13 Why do monitoring and evaluation? In launching of small business in detail.
14 Discuss the New strategies in Product Launch in detail
15 What are the factors influencing new entry opportunities of entrepreneurs

PART C (15 marks)

1 Discuss the types of growth in small business in detail.
2 Discuss the Expansion through product development in detail.
3 What are the Steps in Product Launch in detail
4 Discuss the Venture Capital Financings for Start ups in detail.
5 What are the Importance of Business Incubators in detail.
6 Discuss the Human Resource Mobilization Operations Planning in detail
7 Do you think, it is possible for a small business to grow quickly and still retain the family
atmosphere? Why or why not?
8 What is the source of capital? Explain the differences between seed capital and venture capital.

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UNIT V MANAGEMENT OF SMALL BUSINESS 9

Monitoring and Evaluation of Business - Business Sickness - Prevention and Rehabilitation of
Business Units - Effective Management of small Business - Case Studies..
PART A (2 marks)
1 State the Schumpeter’s view of entrepreneur.
2 Define Sickness.
3 What are the consequences of industrial sickness?
4 What is an industrial estate?
5 What is self-sufficiency?
6 What are the major causes of sickness?
7 What is the rehabilitation of sick units?
8 What are the roles of government in preventing the sick units?
9 What are the institutions supporting the entrepreneurs?
10 What are the roles of financial institution in preventing sickness?
11 What are the various EDP’s conducted in India?
12 Define plant layout?
13 What is working capital?
14 How project report prepared?
15 What is feasibility report?
16 What is financial ratio analysis?
17 What is Fabian Entrepreneur?
18 What is Drone Entrepreneur?
19 What are the entrepreneurial performances in India?
20 Define Gestation Period.
21 What are tiny Units?
22 What are the key factors influencing the mobility of entrepreneur?
23 What are the advantages of Internal Evaluations?
24 What is an Indigenous resource?
25 What do you understand by evaluation of business?

PART B (13 marks)

1 Explain Advantages and Disadvantages of Internal and External Evaluations.
2 Why do monitoring and evaluation of Business?
3 What are the Different Approaches to Evaluation?
4 What are the stages in Industrial sickness?
5 What are the signals and causes in industrial sickness?
6 What are the Governmental measures to combat industrial sickness?
7 What are the guidelines given by RBI related to Entrepreneurship?
8 Discuss rehabilitation of business units in detail.
9 What are the sources of finance available to entrepreneurs in India?
10 Explain in detail about risk reduction strategies being followed by entrepreneurs
11 Explain women and rural entrepreneurship and EDPs in India
12 Discuss the Evaluation of Business in detail with suitable examples.
13 Explain imitation strategies and managing newness in entrepreneurship world.
14 Explain the types of investors and private offerings to the entrepreneurs.
15. Discuss the Effective Management of small Business in detail.

PART C (15 marks)

1 Bhavik and Ratul were two students studying hotel management course in a city college. Theyhailed
from Kolkata a metropolitan city and Pune respectively. They became good friends duringthe course of
their education. Bhavik hailed from an upper class family with his parents ininfluential Government
jobs. Ratul hailed from a lower middle class family with his single parentswhich means his mother de -
pend on farming for their livelihood. They both shared a long ambitionto become successful in their life
working independently.They both were intelligent and were creative compared to others and both were
intent on startinga restaurant in one of their respective places by the name Khana Khazana. Bhavik was
against theidea of Ratul starting her clinic in a Pune. He felt that people of pune already have so many
options
of restaurants that they won’t explore new one. Bhavik had a strong view that people of pune are
more into fast food as majority of the population of pune are out-station students and the concept
which they have for their restaurant which is homemade food won’t be accepted by the population
of pune. But Ratul was strong in his view that because he crowd is youth and most are away fromhome
so they will love to have homemade food
1. What are the characteristics of a good entrepreneur bhavik and ratul are missing because
ofwhich it is taking time for them to come to conclusion about the venture?

2 Retail entrepreneurship development in India: A case study of big bazaar The Indian retail in-
 dustry has strong linkages with the economic growth and development of the economy. India
is one of the largest emerging markets. It is one of the largest economics in the world in terms
of purchasing power. Retailing in India is at an emerging stage of its evolution. Organized re -
tailing has become more popular in big cities in India and most of the metropolitan cities and
other big cities are flooded by modern organized retail stores. Many semi-rural areas have also
witnessed entry of such organized retail outlets. Indian retail industry is currently estimated at
US$ 490 billion. India’s retail market is expected to touch a whopping Rs 47 trillion (US$
782.23 billion) by 2016-17, expanding at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 15
percent, according to a study by a leading industrial body. The total organized retail supply in
2013 stood at approximately 4.7 million square feet (sq.ft), witnessing a strong year-on-year
(y-o-y) growth of about 78 percent over the total mass supply of 2.5 million sq.ft in 2012. The
foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows in single-brand retail trading during the period April
2000-January 2014 stood at US$ 98.66 million. Retailing as a whole contributes almost 14-
15% of India’s GDP and employs almost 8% of India’s employable population.
Big Bazaar is credited with bringing organized mega retailing to India. The project was con-
ceived as a uniquely Indian hypermarket in a format that combined the look, touch and feel of
Indian bazaars with the comfort, convenience and quality that modern retailing brings.
Launched in August 2001, Big Bazaar has now become the iconic destination of modern retail-
ing for all sections of Indian consumers. There are more than hundred Big Bazaar stores in big
cities as well as smaller towns like Sangli, Durgapur, Panipat, Palakkad, Ambala, Meerut,
Kolhapur and Haldia. Attracting over 100 million customers every year, it has democratized
shopping in India and become synonymous with great promotions that offer quality products at
affordable prices. This typical Big Bazaar store offers over 1,60,000 products across categories
like apparel, general.
Questions:
(a) What are the entrepreneurial opportunities you can find in retail sector in India?
(b) How organized retailing has become more popular in big cities in India?
(c) How Big Bazaar retail store would retain its business in today’s competitive world among
retail firms?
3 Women entrepreneurship in India: A case study of Jaishree Kabra of Kothari Silk: A lot of ad-
apted analogue of entrepreneurship that would fit into the rural development context, argued
here, is the broader one, the one which defines entrepreneurship as: “a force that mobilizes ad-
ded assets to accommodate unmet bazaar demand”, the adeptness to actualize and body some-
thing from about nothing”, “the action of creating amount by affairs calm an altered amalgam-
ation of assets to accomplishment an opportunity”. This is why entrepreneurship is advised to
be a prime mover in development and why nations, regions and communities that actively ad-
vance entrepreneurship development, authenticate abundant college advance ante and appro-
priately college levels of development than nations, regions and communities whose institu-
tions, backroom and adeptness arrest entrepreneurship.
Women entrepreneurs have a tremendous potential in empowering and transforming society,
thus synthesizing social progress and economic development. Jaishree’s dynamic and adaptive
team generates 20 to 25 samples every day and churns out 2 to 3 catalogues every month, each
catalogue having 12 to 18 designs. They claim that none of their designs are ever repeated. At
any given time 6 to 7 teams are working on separate mandates. Each such team comprises of
sketchers, punchers and fashion designers. The sketcher puts the ideas on paper, the puncher
converts the image on paper into electronic format on computer and the designer then as-
sembles all the creative ideas on the computer into a coherent design for printing. All this work
 is related to just one product, dress material, basically for Punjabi suits. In market parlance, it
is known as SKD (salwar kameez dupatta set). Women are now proving to the world that their
role in the society is no more limited to that of a consumer but they can also play a major role
as an enabler to bring those products and services to the consumer, which has been very ably
proved by Jaishree’s design studio, a part of Kothari Silk Mills. Increased opportunities for
women have provided them with skills which have resulted in more opportunities to pursue
economic independence. Entrepreneurship match between the entrepreneur’s time span of
comfort and the time span demands of the Endeavour will contribute to the potential success or
failure of the Endeavour, as well as indicate when measures of success should be taken in an
entrepreneurship with clear vision. Entrepreneurs, strategies of industrialization often depend
upon the emergence & development of entrepreneurial skills and appropriate environment.
Questions:
(a) Elucidate the details of women’s entrepreneurship possible outcomes of this case.
(b) What will be the reasons behind the entrepreneurial development in case of present study?
(c) Suppose if you are the women entrepreneur, explain the role played by you for the eco -
nomic development.

4 Role of Basic Micro Financial Ltd in Entrepreneurship Development BASIX is a livelihood

promotion institution established in 1996, working with over a 3.5 million customers, over 90%
being rural poor households and about 10% urban slums dwellers. BASIX works in 17 states i.e.
Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Odisha, Jharkhand, Maharastra, Madhya Pradesh, Tamilnadu,
Rajastan, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Delhi, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Meghalaya, Assam and
Gujrat, 223 districts and over 39,251 villages. It has a staff of over 10,000 of which 80% are
based in small towns and villages. BASIX mission is to promote a large number of sustainable
livelihoods, including for the rural poor and women, through the provision of financial services
and technical assistance in an integrated manner. BASIX will strive to yield a competitive rate
of return to its investors so as to be able to access mainstream capital and human resources on a
continuous basis.
BASIX strategy is to provide a comprehensive set of livelihood promotion service which
includes Financial Inclusion Services (FINS), Agricultural/Business Development Services
(Ag/BDS) and Institutional Development Services (IDS) to rural poor households under one
umbrella. The holding company of BASIX group is called Bharatiya Samrudhi Investments and
Consulting Services (BASICS) which started operation in 1996 as India’s first “new generation
livelihood promotion institution”. BASIX has initiated single-window provision of
comprehensive financial services to poor under the Business Correspondent framework. Due to
regulatory restrictions, it was not possible to provide savings and remittance service to poor. But
later it created a good popularity in the rural areas of India.
Questions:
(a) Emphasize the role of BASIX micro finance Ltd in rural villages of India
(b) Is this a right way to provide the livelihood to the rural India by BASIX? Justify its
entrepreneurial ability.

It is not often acknowledged that Rai Bahadur Mohan Singh Oberoi, 100, chairman of an empire
of 29 hotels spanning most of the world’s landmass is also the man who pioneered India as a
brand, way back when it was only a bazaar of begging bowls and exotica. At 90, he looked back
in something close to awe and said, “I often wonder how I did it”. Certainly he did not give
much of the credit to luck. True, he stood at the right time at the right place to confront his
destiny, but this was just physical happenstance. What he did with the situation was amazing for
a man from the boondocks of Bhaun, with little education and really not to the manner born.
Indeed, if anything the Rai Bahadur made his fortune out of calamity. If his father hadn’t died of
choera when he was only an infant, his mother would not have returned to the ancestral how
which gave Oberoi the connections and contacts that helped him raise money later to buy his
 first hotel the Clarke’s Simla. If he hadn’t flunked the interview for his first job as cleark with
the government of India, he would never have made his way to the Simla Mall, gazed in
wonderment at he glitter of the Cecil and made up his mind that would work there. If a fatal bug
in the water supply, hadn’t laid low Calcutta’s mighty grand hotel. It would never have been up
for grabs. Again Oberoi just chanced to hear about it at the Delhi railway station when he was
leaving to return to base in Simla. He simply changed his ticket and his direction and went to
mint millions out of war-time Calcutta – another catastrophe. Life served his lemons regularly
but with even greater regularly did the Rai Bahadur made lemonade. The story of the Rai
Bahadur is all the more impressive because there was nothing in his background to suggest that
he would be able to create the world-class ambience and sophistication for which the group is
now celebrated, that he would be able to foresee India’s current positioning in the global market,
while doffing a deferential hat to history when it was demanded. For instance, when other hotels
were cramming their lobbies with brassbound chests and colonial nostalgia. Oberoi created the
first international business hotel, the Oberoi intercontinental in Delhi. However, in the Mena
house, Egypt, and the Windsor, Australia, he went extraordinary lengths and expense to produce
authenticity to the last detail, including countrywide searches for memories and memorabilia. In
order to replicate the flooring in the Windosor, he tracked down the original supplier of the tiles
in distant Stokeon-Trent, England. Celebrating his 100th birthday last week with his mind
almost as clear as it was 50 years ago, perhaps the one philosophy responsible might be his
dictum. “I never worry. It clutters the brain. The problem may not happen, and even if it does,
worrying will only come in the way of a clear-headed solution”.
Questions:
(i) “Nature and nurture play a key role in entrepreneurship development”. Explain with
reference to above case study.
(ii) In your opinion, what are the significant determinants in the making of Shri Oberoi’s
entrepreneurial career?

Anita Roddick started the body shop in Brighton, England, in 1976.The company was
5 established to sell cosmetics and lotions that were environmental friendly and were not tested on
animals. The company caught the 1980s wave of the growing awareness of ecology and the
company grew at a phenomenal rate. The rapid growth has not been without problems. Many
competitors entered the market after seeing the success of the body shop. The body shop, which
has always relied on publicity instead of advertising, may now need to change its promotional
strategy. In addition, stockholders are not always happy with the company’s philosophy of doing
good instead of concentrating on profits. Finally, personnel issues have surfaced and the
company lost a husband and wife team that was responsible for developing one of the body
shop’s most successful product lines. Amid all of these problems, Anita admits that running a
large, bureaucratic company is like death. The most common criticism is that the company
lacked a plan for the future and had no clear sense of direction in its marketing. By the end of
the decade, the company was dramatically restructured, manufacturing was divested, and
Roddick took a back seat as a new CEO was brought in. However, Christmas sales in the year
2000 were poor and in the early part of 2001, the company showed a decline in sales when
compared to the previous year.
Questions:
(a) In what ways is the body shop experiencing problems similar to those of may rapidly
growing companies.
(b) If you were hired as a consultant which problem would you consider most critical.
(c) In what ways could the company innovate radically? Identify some adventurous directions
the company might consider.
(d) Why are sales in the united states not increasing when sales in other countries are
improving?
(e) What should the body shop do in united states?
6 Identify the advantages and disadvantages that should be considered when starting a home-
based business.

List possible reasons why women-owned businesses are smaller than the average business
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owned by men

8. Explain the successful cases of women entrepreneurs in India.

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