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Fostering growth oriented female entrepreneurship development in East Asia

Posted on September 3, 2014 by Ruta

Can the conditions be improved to allow for more high potential female entrepreneurs in East Asia? Overwhelmingly the answer is yes! According to the 2014 Gender-Global Entrepreneurship and Development (GEDI) Index East Asian countries are concentrated in the ‘moderate ranking’ … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged access to capital, China, crowdfunding, Dell, East Asia, economic growth, education, female entrepreneurs, female leadership, female startups, Gender-GEDI, high growth, Japan, legal rights, Malaysia, South Korea, Thailand, venture capital | Leave a comment

Can a Man be President?

Posted on July 28, 2014 by Ruta

In 2000, Tarja Halonen became the first female president of Finland and was reelected 3 times serving a total of 12 years. She was very popular and enjoyed high approval ratings. At the end of her term, some Finnish schoolchildren … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged attitudes, Egypt, female entrepreneurs, Finland, gender, Gender-GEDI, Ghana, India, leaders, Malaysia, Russia, South Korea, Sweden, Tarja Halonen, Thailand, Turkey, world values survey | Leave a comment

The power to dream, start and scale!

Posted on June 9, 2014 by Ruta

Over 100 highly successful female entrepreneurs from around the world converged in Austin Texas this past week for Dell’s DWEN event– a special opportunity for high powered female entrepreneurs to network, share experiences and do business with one another. This … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, Brene Brown, Chile, China, Dell, DWEN, economic growth, Egypt, female entrepreneurship, France, Gender-GEDI, Germany, Ghana, high growth, India, innovation, Jamaica, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Nigeria, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Poland, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, UK, United Kingdom, United States, US, USA, women entrepreneurs | 2 Comments

Intentions + Accountability: The winning formula for unleashing economic growth

Posted on March 7, 2014 by Ruta

Let’s say, you were hungry And then you suddenly realized, right next to you, was a bag of apples…. You would eat the apples right? So what if you are a world economy hungry for economic growth and you noticed … Continue reading →

Posted in economic growth | Tagged abenomics, accountability, christine lagarde, economic empowerment, economic growth, female entrepreneurship, female labor force participation, imf, Japan, social norms | Leave a comment

To Barbie or not to Barbie ‘female entrepreneurship’

Posted on February 24, 2014 by Ruta

Mattel has just launched a new version of Barbie as a ‘female entrepreneur’ – accessories include purse, smartphone and tablet. Of course, she is still first and foremost a ‘Barbie’ with her signature idealized female body type -apparently exaggerated to … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Barbie, diversity, female entrepreneurship, female stereotypes, girls, innovation, inspiration, mattel, role models, success, teaching entrepreneurship | 1 Comment

Housewives and college dropouts make great entrepreneurs! (time to drop the negative stereotypes)

Posted on February 21, 2014 by Ruta

Recently, Terry Simmonds of the UK Small Business Directory wrote an online post that caused an understandable uproar: This is a serious website for serious men with serious businesses, if you are just a little housewife running a little play … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged barriers, childcare, drop outs, female entrepreneurs, female entrepreneurship, housewives, public policy, social norms, women entrepreneurs | 1 Comment

The tide has shifted

Posted on January 8, 2014 by Ruta

The question is no longer ‘should we’ support female entrepreneurship but ‘what are the best ways’ in which to do this? Recently, a seminar sponsored by IFC/USAID entitled: Mapping Opportunities: Ranking or Binding brought together 3 new innovative tools: 2 … Continue reading →

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Let’s make it Win/Win for all: Rethinking female tech startups

Posted on August 3, 2013 by Ruta

One of the weakest areas for high potential female entrepreneurship development are the low levels of female startups in the tech sector . In our 17 country Gender-GEDI pilot study sponsored by Dell, the average percentage of female startups in … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged barriers, education, female entrepreneurship, Gender-GEDI, tech startups, women entrepreneurs | 3 Comments

Social Norms & Female Entrepreneurship Development: Moving towards making the invisible, visible

Posted on June 21, 2013 by Ruta

Social norms impact the general societal support for women as entrepreneurs, which can further affect an individual woman’s decision to take the risk to become an entrepreneur. Social norms also impact women in different ways often affected by their social … Continue reading →

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The Gender-GEDI is launched!

Posted on June 5, 2013 by Ruta

Here are some links to some recents posts written about the Gender-GEDI launched at Dell’s Women Entrepreneurs Network (DWEN) event on June 5th in Istanbul, Turkey: ‘Dell Launches World’s First Gender-GEDI Female Entrepreneurship Index’ in DailyFinance.com ‘Dell unveils Gender-GEDI at … Continue reading →

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