When women founders are asked the same question, however, 29 % attribute the disparity to unconscious bias in hiring and promotions, with another 23 % blaming the lack of role models.
Not exact matches
When it comes to financing business growth, the stats are grim: «
Women raise 50 % less capital than men do,» explained Geri Stengel, president and
founder of digital media and market - research agency Ventureneer and a Forbes columnist whose writing focuses on successful female entrepreneurs, during a breakout session, «And, often, capital means success.»
We can use the tech sector as an example:
when asked why
women and minorities are underrepresented in tech startups, 49 % of male
founders say that there aren't enough
women in the pipeline with another 8 % of male
founders blaming low recruitment into college STEM programs.
Evan Thornley,
founder of online advertising startup LookSmart, got himself into trouble
when he said that he hired
women because they were «relatively cheap» compared to men.
When an Investor Made It Clear He Didn't Respect
Women Founders, She Flipped It Into a Defining Moment for Her Company
That said,
when male
founders were successful, they achieved nearly twice the average valuation - $ 1.53 million for men, versus a little over $ 760,000 for
women.
When the
founders aren't working or kayaking or tending their chickens, they answer a lot of mail from older people —
women especially — who wonder if it's not too late to start something of their own.
This stubborn problem has remained for years despite more
women joining the ranks of investors and increased awareness of the blatant sexism and sexual harassment female
founders sometimes face
when raising money.
The #MeToo movement is shining a light on stories of sexual harassment and discrimination that have remained in the dark for far too long, but
women founders are still facing an uphill battle
when it comes to securing venture capital funding for their startups.
When it comes to
women, leveling the playing field is something we're insanely passionate about — supporting both
women founders AND
women investors.
What's more,
when the Boardlist, with the analytics firm Qualtrics, surveyed CEOs and
founders about their boards, 39 % said their independent seat — the best hope of getting a
woman appointed — was still unfilled.
So
when the fabulous
founder of LipstickRocks.com, a social networking site for
women relaunching very soon, asked me... Continue reading →
This article fails to mention that questions were stopped
when Jim Avila asked a
women who lost her son to e-coli from a different companies ground beef the
founder of STOP food born illness if she took bribes from bpi.
When the company put out a call for Ph.D. researchers who were both smart and photogenic, company
founder Chris Lindland told Adweek, «sixty
women from around the world applied.»
Exercise might be the last thing on your mind
when your tummy hurts, but «a brisk walk, maybe 10 to 15 minutes, can do wonders,» says gastroenterologist Robynne Chutkan, MD,
founder of the Digestive Center for
Women in Chevy Chase, Maryland.
«
Women are especially guilty of making jokes about how fat or how bad we look, but when we do that, we empower other women (or men) to do the same,» says Budig, founder of AIM
Women are especially guilty of making jokes about how fat or how bad we look, but
when we do that, we empower other
women (or men) to do the same,» says Budig, founder of AIM
women (or men) to do the same,» says Budig,
founder of AIM TRUE.
The collection's
founder Hanna Baror - Padilla is a truly positive spirit and such an advocate for
women's peace of mind
when it comes to style and getting dressed.
«Men get a bad rap for leading
women on
when we're really just not that into them,» but according to Moses Brown,
Founder of Online Booty Call, «
women play a part in it too.
Robyn Exton is the
Founder and CEO of Dattch, the Lesbian Dating App for
women to date who they want,
when they want, where they want.
When Tessler decided to start online matchmaking service The... including
founders of other dating sites, and gay
women we were friends with,» Tessler says.
He returns home to Oklahoma, and marries the European
woman but
when the relationship
founders, he rekindles a romance with a hometown girl with whom he's had a long history.
Natalie is best known as the
Founder and Editor - in - Chief of She Takes on the World, which received international attention
when it was listed by Forbes in «Top 10 Entrepreneurial Sites for
Women.»
«The amount by which your rates drop can vary greatly based on your other circumstances, although men's rates tend to drop more than
women's
when they get married,» says Steve Pritchard,
founder of insurance comparison site Cuuver.
Carolyn Paddock,
founder of the Web site InFlightInsider.com, advising
women about what precautions to take
when traveling alone.
In Peru she was gathering mushrooms from the ruins of Machu Picchu
when she encountered a
woman who turned out to be the
founder of the New York Mycological Society; this led to an invitation to join the Society's next «mushroom walk» in upstate New York, on which Helene met the composer John Cage, the dancer and choreographer Merce Cunningham and the artist Jasper Johns.
Rosemary Mayer (1943 - 2014) was a
founder of A.I.R. Gallery and worked in the consciously feminist medium of fabric
when many artists were reclaiming craft and
women's work.
Its sweatshop - free and mostly organic line of men's,
women's, and kids» shirts serves to promote peace, which isn't too much of a stretch
when you consider that its
founders are board
«
When I read the order, I was horrified,» Lynn Paltrow,
founder of the National Advocates for Pregnant
Women, told The Washington Post.