Saturday, January 11, 2025

Women and marginalized communities, those with less access to capital to create businesses

Women and marginalized communities, those with less access to capital to create businesses

Although small businesses in the U.S. make up more than 99 percent of all companies and employ nearly half of the country's workforce, entrepreneurship is a mental and economic challenge, with women and marginalized communities facing the most barriers due to the difficulty in accessing funding.

Shernaz Daver, Operating Partner and CMO at Khosla Ventures, said that unfortunately women have twice as many obstacles, since in the