GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP CONGRESS 2015Milan, Italy

RUTA AIDISProject Director, Global Women Entrepreneur Leaders Scorecard (GWEL)ACG Inc.Senior Fellow, George Mason University

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2015 Global Women Entrepreneur Leaders Scorecard (GWEL)

Sponsored by

Dell for Entrepreneurs Women’s Summit

Introducing the

Through entrepreneurship… but how?

• The next billion jobs

• Innovative breakthroughs

• Prosperity

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Level the playing field for women entrepreneurs

Gender impediments

are real and persist if not addressed

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Motivation

• There is no silver bullet

• No champions yet

• Data is a powerful tool for comparative understanding

• Raise awareness that leads to actionable steps

• Benchmark progress

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The Global Women Entrepreneur Leaders Scorecard Approach

Comparative data index

Grouped data

Real time data

Media

Best practices

Policies

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leads to actionable

steps

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Women Entrepreneur Leaders:The Bold Ones

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The Melting Middle*Small differences…. Big Consequences

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*Source: ‘The Melting Middle’ R. Aidis (2014)

Female entrepreneurship occurs on a continuum

Reluctant non- entrepreneurs

Potential & Promisingentrepreneurs

Die-hard & Privilegedentrepreneurs

Source: ‘The Melting Middle’ R. Aidis (2014)

• Impediments to promising and potential women entrepreneurs to start and grow their businesses results in a stunted and underdeveloped entrepreneurship ecosystem;

• Unleashing a country’s ‘melting middle’ of high impact female entrepreneurs creates a virtuous cycle for economic prosperity.

GWEL Comparative Data Model

Business Environment

Gendered Access

Pipeline for Entrepreneurship

Leadership

and

Rights

Potential Entrepreneur

Leaders

5 Sub-Categories: 21 Indicators

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Country Coverage

Total World Female Population covered

69%

Total GDP covered 76%

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GWEL 2015 includes 31 countries1. Australia2. Bangladesh3. Brazil4. Canada5. Chile6. China7. Egypt8. France9. Germany10. Ghana11. India12. Jamaica13. Japan

14. S. Korea15. Malaysia16. Mexico17. Nigeria18. Pakistan19. Panama20. Peru21. Poland22. Russia23. South Africa24. Spain25. Sweden26. Thailand

27. Tunisia28. Turkey29. Uganda30. United Kingdom31. United States

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Dell for Entrepreneurs Women’s SummitJune 28, 2015

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Global Women Entrepreneur Leaders Scorecard Launch

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Sponsored by

Dell for Entrepreneurs Women’s Summit

For more information contact: Ruta Aidis, Project DirectorACG Inc.

ruta@acgimpact.com