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1 online resource |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
"Althoff exposes the ways in which the current start-up paradigm was engineered by and for white men, and the ways in which women, non-binary, and trans folks face impossible barriers to landing funding from venture capitalists to make their companies viable"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Entrepreneurship's meritocracy myth: how we all lose out -- Centuries of second-class status: early women entrepreneurs -- The Boys' Club: today's complicated hunt for funding -- You can't be what you can't see: the power of role models -- Sleazy texts, late-night meetings: a #MeToo reckoning -- The big effect of little insults: the microaggression problem -- Owning the room: how confidence is found (and faked) -- A shoulder to lean on: the search for mentors and support -- Entrepreneurship's potential: making it work for everyone. |
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Concurrent user level: 1 user |
| Subject |
Women chief executive officers.
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Women chief executive officers. |
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Businesswomen.
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Businesswomen. |
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Minority businesswomen.
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Minority businesswomen. |
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Sexism.
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Sexism. |
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New business enterprises -- Finance.
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New business enterprises -- Finance. |
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Women-owned business enterprises.
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Women-owned business enterprises. |
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Sexual minority business enterprises.
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Sexual minority business enterprises. |
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Entrepreneurship.
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Entrepreneurship. |
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Electronic books.
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Sexism. |
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LGBTQ+-focused businesses. |
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Print version: Althoff, Susanne. Launching while female Boston : Beacon Press, [2020] 9780807042977 (DLC) 2020011350 |
| ISBN |
9780807043035 (electronic book) |
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0807043036 (electronic book) |
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9780807042977 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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0807042978 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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