Vanshika Goenka, founder of Kool Kanya, a career community for women, was all of five when she overheard a conversation between her father and his relatives. With two daughters, he was asked who'd take care of the family business. "I wondered why the question needed to be asked when we were around," she says.

Years later, Goenka began working for a company that manufactured sanitary pads. Ironically, she was the only woman in the room, working to create a product for women. "It hit me that there were just not enough women in workspaces."