Thanks to women’s movements like #MeToo, today women entrepreneurs aren’t threatened by someone climbing the ladder behind them and instead are ready to offer a hand to the next rung. The U.S. has over 12 million woman -owned businesses and female entrepreneurship has risen 114 percent in the last 20 years. Yet, women-owned businesses only receive seven percent of venture capital, and women are twice as likely to cite a lack of support system as a hurdle to business ownership. Throughout my life I was told, “It’s a man’s world.” I was made to feel like I was weaker, […]
