Women only get 4.2 percent of venture capitalist funding, which is an incredible gap. A forthcoming study from Stanford's Clayman Institute for Gender Research takes a look at possible reasons, and finds that women without a technical background have a big disadvantage.
The researchers created identical executive summaries for a startup, and modified the education (technical or non-technical) and gender of the fictional entrepreneur, and asked participants to rate the venture 's likelihood of success and their impression of the entrepreneur.
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