Suresh: Startup ecosystem will achieve gender parity faster than formal workforce
Bhavna Suresh · India’s Spending Habits, ONDC, Building 10club & More I Bhavna Suresh I Neon Show · Dec 6, 2023 · at 51:14
Bhavna Suresh, CEO and founder of 10club, discusses structural gender gaps in entrepreneurship and the pace of institutional change in tech startups.
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“I think women founders is a problem globally and it is going to take time to catch up around the world. It still has to catch up in the formal workforce. I think the startup ecosystem is still so young compared to that, but because there's innovation technology, lesser rigid systems, We will catch up faster.”
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