Close-up look at the Potential of Female Entrepreneurs in Canada
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Dell PTDMIT Summit 2015
Close-up Look at Potential of Women
Entrepreneurs in Canada
Jennifer ‘JJ’ DavisExecutive Director, Global Communications, Dell
@JJDavisatDell@rutaaidis
Dr. Ruta AidisSenior Fellow, George Mason University
CEO, ACG Inc
W O M E N H E L P W O M E N
WOMEN ON BOARDS
Increase women CEOs AND Increase women’s salaries
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W O M E N U N D E R S T A N D W O M E N
WOMEN ON VCs
3x more likely invest in companies with female CEOs
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W O M E N I N S P I R E W O M E N
“I realized I could have just as well been looking into the eyes of a Steve
Jobs or a Bill Gates”
- Professor Channing Robertson -
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Dell - Restricted - Confidential6
A 20% revenue increase in women-owned businesses
would add 2B CAD to the economy
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Dell - Restricted - Confidential7
16% Canadian SMEs were owned by women in 2011 – that is the same share as 2004
<3% women owned businesses break 1M
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Reluctant Non-
Entrepreneurs
Potential & PromisingEntrepreneurs
Die-hard & Privileged
Entrepreneurs
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Continuum of female entrepreneurs
No silver bullet Policies
Breakthrough Initiatives Social and Business Norms
Business Environment
Leadership and Rights
Gendered Access
Pipeline for Entrepreneurship
Potential Entrepreneur
Leaders
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Canada’s
strengths
Initiatives to
support
working
families
Educated
and well-
connected
female
population
Favorable
policies for
start-ups
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The
challenges
Access
to capital
Women in
leadership
positions
Confidence gap
in having the
skills to start a
business
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M E D I A A N D E N T R E P R E N E U R A C T I O N S
INCREASE V IS IB IL ITY
OF WOMEN LEADERS
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G L O B A L W O M E N E N T R E P R E N E U R S
L E A D E R S S C O R E C A R D
WWW.DELL.COM/E IR
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