Women Business Owners and Equity Capital: The Myths Dispelled

Topics:
Venture Capital
Tags:
Business Owner,
Equity,
Gender And Diversity,
Human Resources,
Kauffman Center For Entrepreneurial Leadership,
Women,
Women Business Owner
Source:
Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership

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Overview: Women business owners are a driving force in the U.S. economy, both in terms of numbers and gross revenues. Since 1990, women-owned ventures have played an increasingly prominent role as employers, customers, suppliers and competitors in the world marketplace. This article shows that the lack of knowledge about the financing strategies of women business owners has given rise to a mythology about women entrepreneurs and their access to financing in general, and equity capital in particular. Women-owned businesses are perceived as risky investments because of their choice of industry, firm size, capital requirements, growth expectations and ownership/control issues.

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Format: PDF | Size: 821KB | Date: Oct 2001 | Pages: 24

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