Last week I had the pleasure of teaching a seminar for the top Entrepreneurial Winning Women who have been recognized by Ernst and Young. These women are successful in every way, at the top of their game, and have sales of a million to tens of millions. They have businesses in every sector- software, fitness, security, digital products, communications, environmental services and a variety of other industries. Any way you slice it they are successful. But despite their proven success and accomplishments, I was surprised to hear that several still report they are left out of financial networks.It is pretty widely known that the percentage of women led ventures receiving venture capital is tiny- our research in the Diana Project in early 2000 showed that less than 5% of all US ventures funded by VC have women on the management team (http://www.dianaproject.org).
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