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Even though female entrepreneurship and the formation of female-owned business networks is steadily rising, there are a number of challenges and obstacles that female entrepreneurs face. One major challenge for female entrepreneurs faces traditional gender roles that are structurally internalized by society.
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a disproportionate impact on women, as it exacerbated many of the challenges that women already faced, including access to financing, industry segmentation, family...
In outlining the work of The Startup Ladies, Julie Warnecke, founder of Found Search Marketing, has highlighted the challenges faced by women entrepreneurs as follows: “Women-owned businesses represent 42% of all U.S. businesses, but they only receive 2.3% of venture capital. Women of color and LGBTQ+ women founders secure even less.
Research shows that in most countries there are significant challenges for women business owners in comparison to men business owners. [4] [5] These challenges stem from many sources, including social and cultural stigmas, family and child-rearing responsibilities, maternity needs, educational background, career experience, and community support. [6]
Jaclyn Johnson, the CEO and founder of Create & Cultivate – and a 2015 Forbes 30 Under 30 alum –joined The Final Round on Wednesday to discuss how her company supports young businesswomen as ...
Rashae Barnes, founder of Evals Equity, said she decided to create an investment fund for businesses owned by women of color last year after facing her own roadblocks to entrepreneurship.
The barriers women face to becoming entrepreneurs are exemplified through the perspectives of existing female entrepreneurs in Kenya. Mary Okello, the executive director of a cluster of private schools called Makini schools, discussed the difficulty of accessing loans.
A recent survey of 500 American business owners conducted by iStock found that the biggest challenge facing Gen Z entrepreneurs was a lack of resources such as money, people and time. Nearly two ...