90 CLEARING THE HURDLES: WOMEN BUILDING HIGH-GROWTH BUSINESSES
cation, work experience, acquired skills, and developed capabilities
which are all components of human capital. Human capital is based on
the idea that people acquire individual resources like education, train-
ing, and different types of work experiences to increase or enhance
their productivity. As an entrepreneur, this means that your human cap-
ital serves as the basis for obtaining or creating other types of
resources, like money, technology, and management talent. Your col-
lege degrees, your industry expertise, and your accomplishments give
you credibility in the eyes of resource providers. In this chapter, we
explore the individual qualities resource providers look for, examine