Female investors are twice as likely to back female entrepreneurs
“And also because I think you need to create carrots as well as stick in the life of any founder or investor.”
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Because a female investor is twice as likely to back a female entrepreneur as a male investor. And also because I think you need to create carrots as well as stick in the life of any founder or investor. And the bane of all of our existence is raising money. Right? It's just a huge pain. As a time soak, you have to have the thickest rhino hide in the world to take the nose. And that goes for me no matter how many times I've done it. And what I want to do is to change the conversation
About this clip
Debbie Wosskow reveals that female investors are twice as likely to back female entrepreneurs and discusses the universal pain of fundraising for all founders. She argues for changing the conversation around startup funding by creating incentives (carrots) rather than just obstacles (sticks) in the investment process.
Why this clip
This reveals a striking statistic about gender dynamics in venture capital while connecting it to the universal founder struggle of raising money.
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