Before you is a collection of stories of entrepreneurs who once decided to take responsibility. The heroines share their personal experience, tell how to do business in Russia despite gender stereotypes, how to realize themselves in the profession, achieve high results, use intuition and listen to the prompts of the universe. You will learn how a telephone operator in the reference and information service 09 became the general director of the company - the leader of domestic microelectronics. Read the story of a bank manager who created an underwear brand that successfully competes with foreign brands, and the revelations of a nuclear physicist who took over the management of Russia's largest distributor of animal products. You will surely be inspired by stories about a journalist who found a calling in helping people regain health, and about a former saleswoman from a Mexican food store, today advising on the creation of an intranet. Women are like that, they buy lipstick when there is no money, they bake pies when there is nothing to eat, and they do business when there is nowhere to retreat.