Vocational schools are an excellent breeding ground for entrepreneurs. In addition to such programs as the Free Enterprise Project at the Auburn Career Center (Lake County, Ohio), some vocational schools, including Auburn, offer optional, short-term entrepreneurial programs. Entrepreneurship training in secondary educational institutions is becoming more widespread, reflecting the overall increase in self-employed individuals. In addition to educational and risk-taking characteristics, people who become entrepreneurs had early exposure to business ownership through family role models, were fired at least once, are customer-oriented, and feel that working hard is the key to success. The 1986 Tax Reform Act makes business ownership extremely attractive from a tax standpoint. Women entrepreneurs seek the opportunity to make more money than they might make working for someone else. They also go into business for the same basic reasons men do and have the same general characteristics and backgrounds as their male counterparts. Female-owned businesses sometimes have the advantage over businesses owned by white males, because they are considered a minority and get local and state assistance. Women business owners' support groups are found throughout Ohio. Management assistance is available from many governmental agencies in Ohio that long have been at the forefront in recognizing changes in employment and business. (Contact information is provided.) (YLB)