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The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) 2023/24 Women’s Entrepreneurshi...

Report by Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, 2024 The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) celebrates 25 years of tracking the...

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Growing Your Business

Discussion Paper: Women Entrepreneurs – Financing and Growth (2014)

A significant percentage of Canadian women entrepreneurs express growth intention for their businesses. The top personal barr...

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Diana Report: Women Entrepreneurs 2014: Bridging the Gender Gap in Venture ...

Arthur M Blank Center for Entrepreneurship, Babson College, September 2014 An analysis was conducted comparing US venture cap...

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Women’s Small Business Ownership and Entrepreneurship Report

Majority Staff Report of the US Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, July 2023 The Women’s Entrepreneur...

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Factors Influencing the Growth of Women-Owned Businesses: Risk Tolerance, M...

Report by the National Women’s Business Council, 30 October 2013 This report draws from existing literature as well as focu...

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Female Entrepreneurs Remain a Relatively Untapped Resource for Economic Gro...

Report by RBC Economics, 17 October 2013 Recognizing the high contributions of small and medium sized businesses to economic ...

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Scaling Up: Why Women-Owned Businesses Can Recharge the Global Economy

Report by BMO Newsroom, 7 March 2013.BMO conducted a survey of Canadian women to identify levels of interest in entrepreneurs...

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