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VC Stereotypes About Men and Women Aren’t Supported by Performance Data

Harvard Business Review

Nonetheless, statistics show that women-owned businesses, which account for one-third of Swedish businesses, are not granted the corresponding proportion of government venture financing; in fact, women-owned businesses receive only 7%. Debt-to-equity ratio (leverage): the degree to which an entrepreneur exposes his or her business to risks.

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End the Religion of ROE

Harvard Business Review

A hundred years ago, the focus on squeezing every drop of return out of equity capital made great sense. As the industrial revolution progressed, society was enjoying enormous benefits from mass production, which brought former luxuries within middle class reach. The revolution ran on equity capital, which was in short supply. (GM

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