Are the types of businesses, or even the locations of start ups with "at least one female founder" possibly different?
Revenue generated in interesting number but I'm not sure if that difference is significant or even if it represents a start up eventually taking off or not ...
PaulHoule•4mo ago
I've worked at some where a married couple owned the business, it was supposedly 51% for the wife and 49% for the husband, so they could get an advantage in government contracts. It's hard not to be cynical about it.
duxup•4mo ago
Yeah the "X owned" concept is IMO pretty shaky ground.
Business incentives are just the same regardless and those aren't socially conscious.
bell-cot•4mo ago
Yeah - though that's a problem with every metric that's mostly motivated by "feels good" or "sounds good" politics or PR. A "crackdown on crime" police chief can arrest "the usual suspects" over and over. "Independent" auditors can overvalue carbon projects.
And as you note, poor implementations soon sour people on their stated goals.
duxup•4mo ago
Revenue generated in interesting number but I'm not sure if that difference is significant or even if it represents a start up eventually taking off or not ...
PaulHoule•4mo ago
duxup•4mo ago
Business incentives are just the same regardless and those aren't socially conscious.
bell-cot•4mo ago
And as you note, poor implementations soon sour people on their stated goals.