The Why Podcast: Why is there a gender gap in entrepreneurship?

In the latest episode of The Why podcast, host Katie Pisa met with Professor Olenka Kacperczyk, Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at London Business School, to discuss her research on the gender gap in entrepreneurship. The two discuss this important question: Where are all the missing female entrepreneurs? Olenka sheds light on her research findings, the reasons are behind this gap and what businesses, leaders and societies can do to help narrow the gap. While women make up half the population, among all the VC-backed ventures in her target research of the US, only 10% were founded by women. Female entrepreneurs only make up 20% of all ventures, and everything from administrative barriers and discriminatory wording in interviews for funding, holds women back. Olenka’s interest in the topic was partly based on her own family who became entrepreneurs in the post-Communist period in Poland. Watching them venture into business inspired her research and interest in the topic of inequality in entrepreneurship. Listen to this fascinating conversation to learn more about why this massive gender gap in entrepreneurship still exists. Read the full research here. For more thought leadership and business insights from London Business School faculty and alumni, visit Think at London Business School  Sign up here to receive a curated selection of articles, podcasts and films direct to your inbox twice a month.  Follow us on social media:  X  Linkedin  Facebook