Looking at the
National Women's Business
Council, women-owned businesses, now represent
50
percent of private companies in the US and the latest
statistics published by the
Small
Business Administration in Oregon show that in 2002
women-owned firms totaled 88,311, an increase of 10 percent from
1997, and generated $10.7 billion in revenues. According to
Margaret
Heffernan, businesswoman and now writer, venture capital
firms are run by men and are missing the boat by investing in
primarily just companies run by men.
Read
VC:What You See Isn't What You Get and comment what you
think. Also if you are interested in checking out how you can get
involved in investing and you are a woman. Check out
Oregon Entrepreneurs Network's
educational forum for active angel investors and women interested
in learning more about investing
Women's Investment
Network (WIN). Perhaps women investors will capture where
traditional investors may be missing out.
