"Why Don't Women Start Funds?"

by an admin from Stanford University - Graduate School of Business

5 years ago

                      
13 years ago today, Bloomberg Businessweek asked, "Why Don't Women Start Funds?"  While this year's all female panel on search funds at the Stanford Women Entrepreneurs conference was an exciting development, the number of women searchers globally remains low.  Perhaps, it is time to ask that question again? 

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searcher from Holy Names College

I started my ETA venture in Feb just as COVID hit...I am not the typical searcher as in I am not an MBA grad nor do I come from the financial corporate world. But I did not see this as a detriment but rather a advantage do to my years of owning a company and building it from scratch and my leadership and tenacity as a former colligate and professional athlete. I embrace the challenge of being a out of the box female searcher. I can a lot to process initially but as long as women don't mind jumping over hurdles and perceived weaknesses we all will do just fine in this space! Good look searching LADIES!

4 years ago | like reply | 2 likes

searcher from London Business School

There are incentives for VCs investing in female founders. Is there something similar for searchfunds?

4 years ago | like reply | 0 likes

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