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More than 50% of people are women, many of them rich. Even if men were as discriminating as you claim, why shouldn't there be enough women to become clients of
by facepalm 13y ago
More than 50% of people are women, many of them rich. Even if men were as discriminating as you claim, why shouldn't there be enough women to become clients of and fund startups by women?
Also do you really think a majority of the venture capitalists would leave money on the table because they prefer to discriminate against women?
- onion2k 13y agoAlso do you really think a majority of the venture capitalists would leave money on the table because they prefer to discriminate against women? Yes, but not because "they prefer to discriminate against women", rather because they believe that female founders represent a disproportionately higher risk than male founders. A lot of VCs (seem to) believe that women aren't ruthless and cut-throat enough to lead their companies to success. The recent proliferation of 'women-only' VC funds sign-posts that some people in the industry recognise that they have a problem.
- facepalm 13y agoEven assuming that's true, what about startups that bootstrap? Are there any comparisons, for example numbers of startups bootstrapping/taking on VC by men vs women? And their success rates? Not that it would be an all-telling comparison, but it would be a start.