How Four Women Made Miami More Equitable for Startups
How Four Women Made Miami More Equitable for Startups
by Carolyn DiPaolo
A case study by
Rosabeth Moss Kanter examines what it takes to break gender barriers and build thriving businesses in an emerging startup hub.
Despite widespread investment in entrepreneurship in cities across America, venture capital-funded startups still tend to be founded by white men in Silicon Valley. In contrast, businesses led by women are 63 percent less likely to receive funding than businesses led by men.
The challenges of creating an inclusive entrepreneurial ecosystem can be seen through the stories of four women two of them Black, one Latinx, and one white who launched new enterprises in Miami with an eye to diversifying tech jobs in the future. According to a recent case study by Rosabeth Moss Kanter, the Ernest L. Arbuckle Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, their experiences permit a