At Grasshopper, we love getting to know our customers and learning about their stories.  In fact, we created an entire page Tell Us Your Story page on our site so that we could better learn about our customers and their entrepreneurial journey.

If there’s one thing that always stands out to us in our customer’s stories, it’s how they got started and why they went into business for themselves.  There is one thing however that we don’t hear a lot about and that’s why you all stay in business for yourselves and what the best part about owning your own business is.  So we took to our Facebook page the other day to find out what it is you think is the best part about owning your own business.

Did you know March is Women’s History month? It’s true! And with 8.1 million women-owned businesses in the U.S, accounting for more than $1.2 trillion in revenues and an estimated 15.3 million new jobs by 2018, we thought it was certainly worth celebrating.

In honor of Women’s History month, we pulled together a must-follow list of women entrepreneurs who are an inspiration to us and real movers and shakers in their industry. This list is by no means all-inclusive; in fact, we’ve purposely left people off the list!

We want you to tell us what women entrepreneurs you follow for inspiration, insight and advice. Let us know in the comments and we’ll add them to our list.

Here are 30+ top women entrepreneurs to follow on Twitter:

Some say that you can’t learn how to build a successful company, you’re either born with the right stuff or you’re not.

But if that’s the case, then why are so many successful business people pouring their own money into funding entrepreneurial programs in colleges and universities?

The entrepreneurial nature vs. nurture debate goes far back, but with entrepreneurship on the rise, perhaps it’s time to take another look.

Almost three years ago we posted “10 Blogs Entrepreneurs Need to Be Reading” and to this day it has remained the most popular post on the Grasshopper blog. While it’s an excellent list, we feel it’s time for an update. We bring you the 2012 version, 10 Must Read Blogs for Entrepreneurs.

When was the last time your meeting with a fellow entrepreneur or investor ended with them spiritedly walking away while singing the popular refrain “Mixing business and pleasure shall be your greatest treasure”?

That’s right, never. Besides the fact that entrepreneurs and investors rarely moonlight as bards, the question of whether good friends make good business partners is a wide and dubious grey area.

Some people say you can’t go wrong starting a business with a friend. Others think you must’ve gone off the deep end to risk your friendship in such a way.