ENTREPRENEUR BIZ TIPS: All the Social Ladies: Bridging the Gender Gap in Entrepreneurship | Sara Herald | TEDxHerndon
Here’s Great Tip: All the Social Ladies: Bridging the Gender Gap in Entrepreneurship | Sara Herald | TEDxHerndon
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Unless you live under a rock, you know that gender inequality in the business world is a problem. Statistics abound. Women only make 79 cents for every dollar men make (AAUW). 17% of corporate board seats are held by women (The Washington Post). Only 5% of Fortune 500 companies have a female CEO (Washington Post). FIVE PERCENT.
The picture isn’t much rosier in the entrepreneurship field. While women launched 41% of new businesses on average for the last two decades, that number is falling. In 2014, women started less than 37% of the new businesses in the United States. In the tech world, female founders are practically mythical creatures: in Silicon Valley, only 3% of technology companies are started by women.
Sara Herald is the Associate Director for Social Entrepreneurship and adjunct faculty member at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business. Through courses and extracurricular programs, she works with students, faculty, and other stakeholders to promote the economic potential and social impact of triple-bottom-line businesses. She joined Smith in July 2013 after several years as a strategy consultant for social enterprises and technology start-ups as Director of the U.S. office for StepOne Ventures in San Francisco, CA. Her work there focused on helping clients synthesize value propositions, explore new business models, and successfully navigate cross-cultural issues. Prior to obtaining her MBA at Smith in 2011, Sara was the Program Coordinator for CIEE’s Teach in Spain program in Seville, Spain. Sara also holds a BA in Spanish and English from Georgetown University.
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2 Replies to “ENTREPRENEUR BIZ TIPS: All the Social Ladies: Bridging the Gender Gap in Entrepreneurship | Sara Herald | TEDxHerndon”
Gender inequality in the business world is not a problem. Women make less because they don't work the same as men. Women are less successful as entrepreneurs because they aren't as driven or as good at it as men. It is just like sports when a boy's high school soccer team can beat the world champion, womens team. Women just have other things they are better at, not sports and not in business. Of course, this is a general statement. Many women are better at some men in business.
That good