Forget the trying economic times.

Men and women who launch a business during any financial climate face the same challenges: securing money, sticking to a business plan and developing savvy marketing and a competent management team.

But there’s a difference between the sexes when it comes to handling some of the raw emotions that can plague entrepreneurs — feelings such as fear and anxiety — and women may have an edge in recognizing them and asking for help, said Karin Abarbanel, co-author of a new guide to starting a business – read more

Copyright: Joyce Gannon is a business news writer whose Talking With interviews with business leaders appear in the Post-Gazette’s Sunday Business section. She also covers law firms, local chemical companies and a variety of general business news. She got her start in newspapers at Penn State University’s Daily Collegian as the arts and entertainment editor. After earning a journalism degree from Penn State, she worked as a general assignment reporter in Wheeling, W.Va., and as a reporter and editor at the Pittsburgh Business Times before joining the Post-Gazette.

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