Legacies of Success

Entrepreneurial women pass powerful lessons to children

The Miami Herald

While mothers used to pass on their recipes and pearls to their daughters, today's moms are handing down their work ethic, their entrepreneurial spirit and their businesses.

Women are starting businesses at twice the rate of men and expanding them twice as fast. Hispanic women in particular are leading the way. Whether it is a flower shop or a marketing firm, women find running their own companies gives them more control over their personal lives and finances. They have the flexibility, when necessary, to bring a child into the workplace or bring the workplace into their home.

Now, as children grow up watching an emerging generation of mothers negotiate contracts and oversee homework, they are making judgments about whether they too want to be their own boss. With the retirement age extending, one day these children even might work alongside their mother doing their own juggling acts.