Women entrepreneurs are starting small businesses at approximately twice the national average for all startups, and many of these are technical entrepreneurs. Despite some inaccurate stereotypes, the evidence is that these are in every industry, from small technical consulting firms to medical high technology. As a result, there has been a lot of focus on any possible unique challenges for women, while trying to assess the opportunity, and beyond.

In most cases, the business questions asked and the answers given are essentially the same for all entrepreneurs, whether they are men or women. However, according to a couple of articles I've seen recently by Peri Pakroo, J.D., who just published a book titled The Women's Small Business Startup Kit (http://www.amazon.com/Small-Business-Startup-Step-Step/dp/1413316840), the road to success for women does involve its own unique set of hazards. Peri keys off the messages from Sheryl Sandberg...