Women are out there getting it done. Starting businesses, raising funding, and taking male-dominated industries by storm. Women-owned businesses grew 114% in the United States between 1997 and 2017, nearly 2.5 times the national average. Women entrepreneurship is also steadily rising around the world. And yet, women continue to face unique challenges in securing both business, home, and personal loans, creating what many refer to as the gender lending gap. A 2017 report from the US Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship found that women who applied receive fewer small business loans than their male counterparts. This unequal access […]
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