110 CLEARING THE HURDLES: WOMEN BUILDING HIGH-GROWTH BUSINESSES
Summary
It’s fair to say that perceptions that women lack the requisite human
capital to run high-growth ventures are not realistic. Women have
achieved near equality in undergraduate business education, medical
schools, and law schools, with substantial gains in MBA education as
well. Likewise, women with extensive managerial and executive exper-
tise are no longer the exception. Our research shows that among high-
growth women entrepreneurs, their experience and education is equal or
better to their male counterparts running high-potential ventures.
Although there certainly is variation in women’s composite industry,
functional and technical backgrounds, as well as educational degrees, ...