By Karen E. Klein (Contributor, Businessweek) Editor’s note: The Women 2.0 PITCH: Startup Competition application deadline has been extended thru December 7, 2011. Apply here. Entering business contests is a great exercise, not only because you have a...
By Karen E. Klein (Contributing Writer, Businessweek) Women represent only 35 percent of startup owners in the U.S., even though 50 percent of college students and 46 percent of the U.S. workforce is female. Women’s startup businesses also “tend to experience less...