# A women entrepreneurs network platform built around privacy

> A women entrepreneurs network platform has to take privacy seriously, because many members run their business from a personal number. Milvao keeps requests private: a member asks your network's WhatsApp number, Milvao asks a member who offers that service, and numbers are shared only after both agree. Your organisers verify who belongs, and members whose business is online can be matched from any city.

Source: https://milvao.com/for/women-entrepreneur-networks · Updated 2026-11-05

## Key takeaways

- A member's number goes only to the one person she agreed to be introduced to.
- Organisers verify each member who joins by link and remove anyone who doesn't belong.
- Members who sell online or deliver across cities list every city they serve, or take requests that need no city.
- Volunteer organisers get alerts and a daily summary instead of watching the dashboard.

## What a women entrepreneurs network platform needs to get right

Women entrepreneur networks bring together members at every stage: someone registering her first company, a boutique owner with two outlets, a consultant who works only online, a manufacturer exporting for a decade. Three things shape the set-up more than in other communities.

|  | In many women entrepreneur networks | In Milvao |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Phone numbers | Many members use a personal number for the business | A number is shared with one person, for one request, after both agree |
| Who belongs | Membership is limited to women founders and business owners | Organisers verify each member and remove those who don't belong |
| Where members work | Online stores, home-based businesses, studios, services across cities | Cities served and requests that need no city |
| Who runs it | Volunteer organisers with their own businesses | Automatic matching, alerts and a daily summary at 9:00 |

## Privacy for members who use personal numbers

Milvao never reads or posts in your WhatsApp groups and can't hide numbers inside them; anyone in a WhatsApp group can see the other members' numbers. What Milvao changes is the request. A member asks privately, the member asked sees only the brief, not who asked, and numbers move only after both say yes. Organisers on your team see the last four digits of a number, never the whole of it.

Members control how often they are asked: requests stay off until a member turns them on, nobody gets more than two in any seven days, and PAUSE or STOP works at any time. See [who sees what](https://milvao.com/help/privacy-and-security/who-sees-what).

## What members ask each other

Made-up examples. Names, places and figures are invented.

- "Starting a skincare brand, need someone who has done FSSAI or cosmetic licence paperwork, any city." (sample)
- "Looking for a packaging designer for festive gift boxes, 500 units, Chandigarh." (sample)
- "Need a bookkeeper for my online store, two hours a week, remote." (sample)
- "Want to talk to a member who has exported handloom products to the US." (sample)

## Setting up the network

1. Create a Milvao group for each WhatsApp group: the main group, city chapters, and any group for members who are just starting out. Pin a join link in each.
2. Add profile questions such as business name and stage of business, and choose for each whether it is shown in introductions or kept for organisers.
3. Build skills around what members sell and do for each other: Packaging design, Social media marketing, Bookkeeping, Catering, Export documentation, Legal and compliance.
4. Verify members as they join, and remove anyone who isn't part of the network from that group.
5. Turn on alerts for requests that need your team, and let automatic matching handle the rest.

## Limits to know

- Milvao doesn't verify identity, gender or business registration. Your organisers decide who belongs.
- It can't change who sees numbers inside your WhatsApp groups.
- No events, payments, courses or member marketplace.
- Members see only an opt-in directory of people who chose to be listed, and can't message each other inside Milvao.

## Frequently asked questions

### Will my number be shared with people I don't know?

Only with the one member you agreed to be introduced to, for that request. If you ask, you choose whether your number may be shared. If you are asked, nothing is shared unless you tap Accept.

### Can we keep men out of a women-only network?

Milvao doesn't check gender or identity. Everyone who joins by link is marked Joined by link until your organisers verify them, and organisers can remove anyone who doesn't belong from that group.

### Our organisers are volunteers. How much work is it?

Matching runs automatically by default. Organisers get an alert when a request needs a person and a daily summary at 9:00, and otherwise don't need to open the dashboard.

## Sources

- [Milvao Help Center: Who sees what](https://milvao.com/help/privacy-and-security/who-sees-what) (checked 2026-11-05)
- [Milvao Help Center: Verifying and removing members](https://milvao.com/help/community/verifying-members) (checked 2026-11-05)
- [Milvao Help Center: Notifications by email and WhatsApp](https://milvao.com/help/team-and-settings/notifications) (checked 2026-11-05)

## Related pages

- [Milvao for founder communities](https://milvao.com/for/founder-communities)
- [Hiring and freelancers](https://milvao.com/use-cases/hiring-and-freelancers)
- [Mentor matching](https://milvao.com/use-cases/mentor-matching)
- [Who sees what](https://milvao.com/privacy-and-consent)