It's easier for a 25 - year - old
male entrepreneur with average ethics and average execution to raise more funds than a woman entrepreneur.
Although they are still
behind male entrepreneurs, the number of women - owned businesses grew by 44 % between 1997 and 2007, twice as fast as businesses owned by men.
According to research done by Babson College, if female entrepreneurs in the U.S. started with the same capital
as male entrepreneurs, they would add 6 million jobs to the economy within 5 years — 2 million of those in the first year alone.
«We got that language so much that it was clear to us that, as young,
black male entrepreneurs, the experience of building a company would be very different,» echoes Quarles.
Showcase the successes of growth - oriented, venture capital — funded women entrepreneurs in order to change the social perception that
only male entrepreneurs can be successful in venture capital funding
In the venture industry, where women represent only 4 percent of the partners in VC firms yet control 60 percent of assets (and increasing), there is a growing number of both female and
male entrepreneurs looking to bring diverse perspectives onto the board.
For 10.10.10's fifth program and for the first time in its history, the number of female entrepreneurs participating will
outnumber male entrepreneurs.
According to the 2016 Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM), 43.8 per cent of the surveyed female entrepreneurs in Vietnam are more likely to participate in businesses out of necessity, compared to 28.3 per cent of the
surveyed male entrepreneurs.
Synonymous with powerful, rich and usually
white male entrepreneurs, the 101 - year - old publisher is, like many media companies, being forced to evolve.
Although women only accounted for 16 % of the entrepreneurs looking for angel capital, in 2012, 25 % of the women that applied for angel capital were successful, which represents a 4 % lead
on male entrepreneurs.
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«The conflation of STEM experience with ability to be «in tech» is something that seems to happen far more frequently (and reflexively) where women are concerned — yet it's a standard that is not similarly imposed on the many,
many male entrepreneurs and VCs who participate in the industry,» wrote Rachel Sklar, founder of TheList.
It is popular to say that the percentage of female entrepreneurs is growing faster than the percentage
of male entrepreneurs, says Barbara Orser, professor at the University of Ottawa's Telfer School of Management.
The venture capital industry has long been dominated by white, male VCs, who — no surprise — tend to invest in white,
male entrepreneurs.
Hamilton, obviously, understands that some of her founders will fail, but she believes they deserve to be given the same opportunities that are often plentiful for white, Asian, and
male entrepreneurs.
Understanding the Landscape: Access to Capital by High - Growth Women - Owned Businesses, research commissioned by the National Women's Business Council, recently released that fe
male entrepreneurs start companies with 50 percent less capital than male entrepreneurs.
Women often don't think they are capable of launching their own businesses, which is one reason there are significantly fewer fe
male entrepreneurs than male entrepreneurs, according to the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor 2012 Women's Report released today.
Male entrepreneurs are more likely to gravitate toward capital - intensive manufacturing businesses and knowledge - intensive business services, the GEM data shows.
The male entrepreneur will come in and pitch with so much more confidence and so much more aggressively.
You'll see
a male entrepreneur and a female entrepreneur pitching the same idea.
«
The male entrepreneurs embrace, but females are somewhat careful and shameful,» Siegel says.
As it turns out,
the male entrepreneur Yin wrote about in her post was not, in fact, crushing it.
This makes men more primed to be the bigger risk takers, which help explains the higher number of
male entrepreneurs than women, Musselman said.
And, during a peer - reviewed study earlier this year in Sweden, researchers observed that venture capitalists described female and
male entrepreneurs with drastically different words, from calling the male entrepreneurs «Young and Promising» while calling similar female entrepreneurs, «Young and Inexperienced.»
The business ecosystem is heavily dominated by
these male entrepreneurs, which reduces entrepreneurial opportunities for youth and women.
They are also less likely to perceive obstacles and barriers to growth than
male entrepreneurs.
Male entrepreneurs are more likely to prioritise leading from the front and focus on business development activities — such as increasing sta ng and opening new offices.
Male entrepreneurs are much more likely to report having achieved their financial goals.