Lecture 4

Question 1

What is the percentage of necessity entrepreneurs in low-income economies? And what the level of necessity entrepreneurs drops when?

Answer 1

35%, as economic development level increases

Question 2

What did the World Economic Forum find?

Answer 2

That female-led companies have been hit harder during the coronavirus pandemic compared to their male-led counterparts

Question 3

What are not drivers of the gender financing gap?

Answer 3

• Sector
• Geography
• Amount of intellectual property owned
• Education level
• Entrepreneurial experience

Question 4

What is the driver for the gender financing gap?

Answer 4

Gender bias in investor decision-making -or a higher perceived risk of investing in female-led startups

Question 5

Why is ‘adding more women to the committee that decides which startups join the program’ not a solution for the gender financing gap?

Answer 5

Because adding more women does not address the complex issue of gender bias in investment decisions

Question 6

What could be solutions for the gender financing gap?

Answer 6

• Implicit bias training
• Debt or revenue-share options
• Evaluate start-ups on merit
• Peer-selected investment
• Diverse decision-making committees