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Only 3% of Business Investment Goes to Women, and That’s a Problem for Everyone
Christine Gannon • April 16, 2020
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Women represent 40% off all entrepreneurs in the country they only receive 2% of investment funding. That's a problem for everyone. 



A 2020 Crunchbase report shows that even if we combined VC investment in female-founded and mixed co-founded companies in 2019, it still amounts to only 9 percent of all investment. Considering women represent over 40 percent of all entrepreneurs in the country, and plenty of statistics showing that women significantly outperform men in business, a lot more needs to be done. 


Everything we know about business tells us that more investment in women means more than innovation and reach in an industry, it also provides economic growth and social benefit for the nation. After all, who better to cater to the female half of the world’s population than women? And women, by the way, make 80 percent of purchasing decisions in the home in the U.S. Morgan Stanley estimates that investors are missing out on businesses worth $4 trillion in revenue annually by not investing in more female- and minority-led enterprises.


We can’t continue to talk about investment in women as a pipeline issue; the talent is there, as are the organizations connecting them to VCs. Any investor who says they can’t find female entrepreneurs probably isn’t trying hard enough.


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A Solution for Gender Pay Parity?

By Christine Gannon • February 8, 2022
This is a critical component to equity in the workplace for women. As women in the workforce, we have all experienced the challenges associated with knowing we have been paid unfairly and/or unequal. Last week, a recruiter shared on Linked In (now deleted) how she offered a female candidate $45K LESS than what the job paid, because she knew the woman would take the position. Pay transparency, while it may bring different and new hurdles, will offer a pathway to pay equity for women in the workplace. #payequity#womeninbusiness#femalequity#closethegap Caroline Fairchild this week for Linked In writes, "A new report tracking wages and productivity of almost 100,000 U.S. academics across eight U.S. states over two decades has found that pay transparency significantly reduces pay inequality among men and women. If adopted at a wider scale, pay transparency could reduce the gender pay gap by as much as 40% after adjusting the wages for those who are underpaid." https://www.linkedin.com/news/story/a-solution-for-the-gender-pay-gap-5240308/

The Year 2020 Was Meant to Be One of Celebration and Commemoration. Then the Pandemic Came.

By Christine Gannon • April 30, 2020
By Alisha Haridasani Gupta — New York Times

Why We Need Women’s Leadership in The COVID-19 Response

By Christine Gannon • April 9, 2020
Solving health emergencies like COVID-19 demands the best minds the world has to offer – in health systems strengthening, therapeutic R&D and more. We know diverse teams lead to more innovation, and neglecting half the talent pool limits our ability to make life-saving choices. Leaders dictate where funding and research goes, from vaccine development to social safety nets. Without women in these positions, subsequent decisions will not adequately address the hurdles women face.  Already, women comprise the bulk of the world’s frontline health workers, shouldering the burden of strenuous work, while increasing their own risk of infection. With the novel coronavirus, women have played a central role: take China, where 90 percent of the nurses and nearly half the doctors are female.
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