Beth Thorp Of The Mitchell Thorp Foundation: Why We Need More Women Founders & Here Is What We Are Doing To Make That Happen
… In my opinion and experience, what is currently holding women from starting companies is fear of failure. Also, issues in scaling up their business, access to funding, raising capital and mobility can be harder for women if they’re managing a family. The bigger problem, then, appears to lie in scaling, rather than founding. And that’s down to several reasons. When you start scaling, you need a bigger team, you need more hands to help you manage the team, you need more of a network to start managing your customers or clients, and you need more mobility to be able to travel for work or access opportunities. All these things can be a challenge as a woman. Mobility can be harder for women if they’re managing a family — and with 30 being the average age of women…
