Ambition Quote by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

Microfinance does not require previous experience or loans to the same extent as a small-business loan, so it's easier for women to enter the…

— Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

What attracted me towards microfinance is it's a very sustainable business, which has an impact on people's lives yet it can be very profitable.

— Ananya Birla

As many micro-credit schemes across the world can testify, investment in women is the best investment for the future.

— Ban Ki-moon

In 1989, I started the National Association of Business Women. We incorporated microfinance and different job training for women. We did a survey, with…

— Joyce Banda

The problem isn't that Silicon Valley is keeping women down or not doing enough to encourage female entrepreneurs. The opposite is true. No, the…

— Michael Arrington

Being women behind a massively growing business is not an easy task, and the journey to find the right investors and to secure true…

— Huda Kattan

We want for everyone to be treated with dignity and respect in any situation. And so we've been thinking about how do we use…

— Belinda Johnson

While it can be challenging for women with disruptive, technology-based ideas to acquire significant funding, in my experience, once I was able to raise…

— Jennifer Hyman

I moderated a panel focusing just on women and the specific challenges that women entrepreneurs face. And we found that around the world, the…

— Valerie Jarrett

It isn't so much that there are so few women in finance in total but, rather, few women in senior leadership roles. It is…

— Marianne Lake

... When tiny, tiny things start happening a million times, it becomes a large thing. It lays down the foundation of a strong economic…

— Muhammad Yunus

Since 1987, there are now many more of us as at the higher levels with families, so I think, as role models, we are…

— Ruth Porat