I want to start a discussion highlighting some points I read online regarding women as compared to men in entrepreneurship and the chance of success.
Men and women do not prepare for the launch of their business in the same way. The number one preparatory activity for women is specific training (43.3% versus 31.8% for men). Men are looking for potential clients (45.8%) and writing a business plan (42.5% versus 34.6% for women).
Market research is carried out by about 1/3 of men and 1/4 of women.
Women entrepreneurs are much less experienced than their male counterparts: 37.5% have less than 3 years of experience versus 25.7% of men.
82.5% of women start businesses alone (compared to 69.8% of men)
Men consider that they are more entrepreneurial than women (84.7% of men against 72% of women)
Men have much more confidence in the future than women (48.2% of women vs. 64.7% of men)
Men are clearly more confident in the success of their company than women: 72.4% versus 65.3
There are far more unemployed women than men among entrepreneurs: 25.9% versus 16.9
Women are 3 times less likely than men to have already tried the adventure of creating a business: only 5.3% of women had already created a business against 18.4% of men
As a result of the difficult economic times, do you consider that there will be more women entrepreneurs competing with men in this field which it so looks like they currently dominate?
https://www.intotheminds.com/blog/en/entrepreneurship-differences-women-men/ While this is saddening and all that, there are factors that lead to these statistics. For one, in the case of women entrepreneurs having a higher tendency to be unemployed compared to male entrepreneurs, the societal pressures and standards that are imposed upon women, such as caring for their kids, staying at home and all that, is a big factor why they couldn't get jobs in the first place, another would be the fact that some women aren't fit to work in a 9-5 setting cause most of them undergo larger health issues in life, just the fact that they undergo monthly periods is enough a reason for them to not choose to work especially if it's on site lol. But I see that the world is shifting to be more inclusive and progressive, so perhaps in the near future we see more women that are self-made and independent, more so able to catch up to whatever us men are doing but that's going to be a long way.