a global view of women’s entrepreneurship – click to enlarge
In early 2015, Dell in partnership with ACG Inc. published a comprehensive study reviewing the female entrepreneurial landscape of 31 countries. The original purpose of the study was to present the opportunities that each country has to level the entrepreneurial playing field for both genders. The authors ended up taking that one step further and developing the “Global Women Entrepreneur Leaders Scorecard,” comprised of three rating areas and three watch-list criteria for each country.
The United States is the #1 country for a woman entrepreneur to grow her business, according to this new scorecard, but there is still a lot of progress to be made. There is great opportunity in the entrepreneurship pipeline, with only 22% of women reporting that they know an entrepreneur. Fifteen million jobs would be created in only 2 years if women started growth oriented businesses at the same rate as men.
I am honored to be featured on the same list as Sara Blakely and Tory Burch as a female entrepreneur who is a “catalyst for change” by helping get capital to women entrepreneurs in the sustainable consumer and health verticals. Read the full study here.
Dell: 2015 Global Women Entrepreneur Leaders Scorecard Report
Dell: 2015 Global Women Entrepreneur Leaders Scorecard Website
