Women Entrepreneurs Still Face Obstacles Raising Capital

Posted by ShawnHessinger under Raising Capital
From http://www.businessweek.com 5259 days ago
Made Hot by: BradenM on June 14, 2010 3:34 pm

While 41 percent of private companies in the U.S. are owned by women, only 3to 5 percent receive Venture Capital, the high profile funding often associated with major startups especially in the technology industry. Nick Leiber makes the case for more women partners for Venture Capital firms as one possible remedy.

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Written by zovision
5256 days ago

Underlying attitudes need to change. Ol.

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Written by yoni67
5259 days ago

Huge discrepancy. Underlying attitudes need to change.

Yoni

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Written by ShawnHessinger
5259 days ago

I'm sure there is a real problem here for women entrepreneurs just as there are still obstacles for women in just about every other area of the business world. The only question I have, and something I didn't include above, is how many U.S. businesses in general receive VC funding. My understanding is that across the board it remains quite low. I have no doubt that women entrepreneurs have difficulty with more traditional sources of capital like banks and angel investors too. I just wonder whether the rarefied world of Venture Capital, which only seems to involve a small slice of the overall startup market, is the place to begin this battle. How about more women community bank CEOs, for example?

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