Launching while female : smashing the system that holds women entrepreneurs back

Althoff, Susanne, author.

Book

Boston, Massachusetts : Beacon Press, [2020]

v, 194 pages ; 24 cm

"Althoff exposes the ways in which the current start-up paradigm was engineered by and for white men, and the ways in which women, non-binary, and trans folks face impossible barriers to landing funding from venture capitalists to make their companies viable"-- Provided by publisher.

Women chief executive officers.

Businesswomen.

Minority businesswomen.

Sexism.

New business enterprises -- Finance.

Women-owned business enterprises.

Sexual minority business enterprises.

Entrepreneurship.

LGBTQ+-owned businesses.

Queer-owned businesses.

Introduction -- Entrepreneurship's meritocracy myth: how we all lose out -- Centuries of second-class status: early women entrepreneurs -- The Boy's Club: today's complicated hunt for funding -- You can't be what you can't see: the power of role models -- Sleazy texts, late-night meetings: a #MeToo reckoning -- The big effect of little insults: the microaggression problem -- Owning the room: how confidence is found (and faked) -- A shoulder to lean on: the search for mentors and support -- Entrepreneurship's potential: making it work for everyone.

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