The Rise of Female Entrepreneurs

We've all heard the expression... If at first you don't succeed, try, and try again. It teaches that failure is part of everyday experience, and something to be embraced, rather than avoided.

But can a fear of failing be an enabling characteristic in the world of business?

A new survey by the British pollsters YouGov suggests that women make better entrepreneurs than men - even though they admit to being scared of failure more than their more gung-ho male counterparts.

To find out why this could be, Marie Keyworth spoke to Eileen Burbidge, herself an entrepreneur and early-stage tech venture capitalist.