What phases me is that women all over the world are not being given the same opportunities as their male counterparts. Being a competitive indi- vidual myself, I have never looked for a handout simply because I’m a woman. I have never asked to be selected for anything because I check a box and I would certainly hope my company gets funded because it’s an amazing investment opportunity and not simply because I’m a female founder. That is not what women want. Women aren’t looking for special treatment just because they’re female. Instead, women want to be afforded the same opportunities that men are, they want to be given the same shot and they want to be con- sidered in the same way. We want to begin at the same starting line but clearly, that’s not happen- ing. Men have said to my face (pre-Covid) it’s a good time to be a woman in the startup world…
“Being a com- petitive individu- al myself, I have never looked for a handout simply because I’m a woman.”
“women want to be afforded the same opportunities that men are, they want to be given the same shot and they want to be
implying that women are getting handed freebies and one-ups just because of our gender. I see some men commenting online that gender has nothing to do with it and that if a business is good, it will get funded no matter who the founder is. Ideally, yes. Realistically, the numbers tell a different story.
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