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?
There are more women who are willing to be entrepreneurs but are blocked either by funding, gender stereotypes, culture and other things. These are the barriers that men entrepreneurs do not have to deal with. Unfortunately they are so discouraging that most of these women just stay in their shell because they do not want to have to deal with these issues as it affects funding outcomes. Women entrepreneurs are asked more prevention-focused questions than promotion-focused questions
1whenever they approach investors for funding. Until these issues are dealt with both policy wise and at the cultural level, women entrepreneurs would stand no chance against their male counterparts.
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https://www.researchgate.net/publication/335679671_We_Ask_Men_to_Win_and_Women_Not_to_Lose_Closing_the_Gender_Gap_in_Startup_Funding