If you are looking for that women owned business to start up then you have to check out SnipIts. They have a lot of great information out there for you to read up on. It is the American Dream to be able to start up your own business. My parents did it and it was at a bad point in time so it did not quite work out as they had hoped. The first 5 years in a business can be quite difficult so you have to be able to stick it out and through the bad times. Finances can be tight and you will probably not be seeing that many if any profits at all for those first years. But if you can survive then after that you should start seeing the profits and it will be all worth it at that point!