Five tips for women who decide to start a business in the US

Immigration often negatively affects the career of women, forcing them to give up ambitions and focus on taking care of the family. “Forum” talked to Russian-speaking women in Silicon Valley, who preferred their own business to work in the IT field and gathered their advice on how to earn money from their hobbies and enjoy work.

1. Fear is the main enemy. It is this feeling that makes us doubt ourselves and think: what will happen if it does not work out? It is fear that leaves ideas to be sour in the head, and not allowing them to turn into actions. It's time to learn to be braver and allow yourself more.
2. Give yourself a test drive. If you do not know in what area to open a case - try everything that interests you. A really good person does only what he likes, especially when it is his own business and there is no one to obey. Listen to yourself, and your heart will respond at the right moment.
3. Chat with like-minded people. Stay away from skeptics and lovers to ruin the idea on the vine. Revolve in an environment just like you, obsessed with the idea, be inspired by their example, learn from them, learn from experience, get moral support.
4. Be patient. Although everyone understands that it is at least strange to expect instant results, nevertheless, after the first failures, many give up and stop believing in the success of their business. Give your business time to “get going”: set a deadline and outline the result you want to achieve by this deadline, and don’t forget to “throw wood on the fire” - work hard to achieve your goal.
5. Grow in your business. All the heroines of this material can already conduct master classes on their subject, but this does not mean that they have reached their main height and have nowhere to go. On the contrary, the existing success pushes them to develop further, to study more, to dive into the work more deeply, to think more widely. Try it and you!

Own-made cakes, custom photo shoots, homeopathy, event organization and own art studio. The Forum has collected inspiring and motivating stories of strong women who started their own businesses in the USA in the material “Five ideas for women’s business from Russian immigrants.”