Video: Women entrepreneurs discuss challenges and opportunities

Women who become entrepreneurs don't miss the corporate glass ceiling, but while some women business owners say that they do not encounter gender bias in the business world, others complain that they have to demonstrate an extra level of excellence and competence to men and women alike. At the 2008 National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) conference held in Phoenix, Knowledge@W. P. Carey asked women entrepreneurs to talk about their challenges and opportunities, and share their thoughts on gender-based conferences.

Women who become entrepreneurs don't miss the corporate glass ceiling, but while some women business owners say that they do not encounter gender bias in the business world, others complain that they have to demonstrate an extra level of excellence and competence to men and women alike.

At the 2008 National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) conference held in Phoenix, Knowledge@W. P. Carey asked women entrepreneurs to talk about their challenges and opportunities, and share their thoughts on gender-based conferences. Here is what they said: