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A Good Gamble Female founders still face significant challenges when it comes to securing funding. But the payoff s there.
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founding a business starts with a dream —a dream to fix, improve, or create something new. Unfortunately, for many women and minority entrepreneurs, the funding they need to scale their companies is harder to secure than it is for their White male counterparts. Awareness around this inequity came to the forefront in 2020, fueled by a nationwide push for social justice, transparency, and impact investing. Two years later, have we made any progress in closing the funding gap?
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story by KELSEY J. VANDERSCHOOT
DCEOMAGAZINE.COM
6/10/22 11:26 AM
