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Getting money is one of the many challenges business owners face. But for women of color, they are finding it even harder than their male white counterparts.
“Women business owners pay back more sooner and are more reliable to do so,” says Stirrup. “And yet we don’t get the same funding when it comes to traditional loans, when it comes to banks or financial institutions.”
According to Pitchbook, American female business owners get only 2% of venture capital funding. Women of color getting a fraction of that money. Stirrup and her sisters got loans, grants and raised a lot money on their own to start their business. They also did a crowd fund campaign using ‘I Fund Women’ and got an award from American Express for $25,000.
She creates video game super heroes, but Jules Porter could be a Wonder Woman herself. Author: Shelley Stridsberg Updated: 6:38 AM CST December 14, 2020
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota Games are serious business at Seraph7 Studios, located inside the Finnovation Lab above Finnegans Brewery & Taproom.
This is the home base of Jules Porter, who is developing a video game that she hopes will create a paradigm shift. I actually believe that video games have a lot to offer when it comes to what we can do with social justice, how we can build empathy in one another, said Porter.
She explained, In video games you actually play through the shoes of another person for like 60 to 100 hours. You get to see how your experiences shape the world, how your decisions kind of transform things and how people respond to the character as a result.