According to research from the Boston Consulting Group, if women and men jumped into entrepreneurship at equal rates, the global economy could gain as much as $5 trillion in additional activity. Women entrepreneurs are imperative for economic flourishing amongst many other things. In honor of Women’s Entrepreneurship Day, we teamed up with a few of our members to ask for their insight on things every female entrepreneur needs to hear. Their advice is real, tangible, and sure to leave you ready to tackle that next big goal or dream!

It used to be one or the other. Choosing between becoming an employee working 9-5 in an office or moving toward entrepreneurship and working in solidarity at a neighborhood coffee shop. Depending on the type of professional you are, a lot of women can’t fit into these two cookie cutter options.

Walk into ModernWell on any given day and you are guaranteed to feel something. Some describe that something as an “energy lift” or a “permission to exhale”. Others explain, “I just feel better when I walk into ModernWell.” Members and guests talk about the comfort and warmth of the natural light, the spa-like smell, the creative and inspirational buzz of women talking and laughing, and laptop keys clicking. Some of the women who work at ModernWell have home offices. Some have corporate offices. Each and every member has a kitchen table or a corner nook in their house or apartment where they could work. And yet, they choose to spend their days at a former furniture store off 394 and Penn in Minneapolis.

Call to mind one writing group, which grew to two, each group comprised of about a dozen women, meeting once a week. Fast forward two years and add the following to the picture: Two published books, a literary agent secured, the formation of a new jewelry company, a stationery line, a design company, a handful of new blogs launched, and hundreds of thousands of words written.