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Venture Capital Funding and the Sexism You Can’t Quite Prove

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“In a lot of the industries in which I ended up launching companies, there was a pre-existing profile of what a successful entrepreneur should look like—typically a young, white male with a technical, finance, or political background,” says Aguirre de Carcer. Broadly speaking, it suggested that female-led startups are a good financial bet.

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Should You Share Equity with Consultants?

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52 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

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Three years after that, I was fortunate enough to find a firm, Land Carroll & Blair, with a same client-oriented mentality and partnered with them. I started my business because I was burned out and tired of seeing other people succeed, while I worked my tail off. Thanks to Nancy D. Greene, Land Carroll & Blair PC !