Business schools target a fair start for women in start-ups

A report from the UK government’s Women-Led High-Growth Enterprise Taskforce noted in February that “eight out of 10 young people are unable to name a single female entrepreneur”. And, when they hear the word “entrepreneur”, they are four times more likely to think of a man, the report added. While the position of women is improving in many areas of business — for example, the proportion on boards worldwide rose 3.6 per cent last year according to Deloitte, albeit only to 23.

“Young female entrepreneurs who are also students need not only to strike a balance between academic responsibilities and their entrepreneurial journey, but also battle through gender gaps and inequalities while doing it,” Cohen-Peirano says. “During my MiM, I had incredible professors, both women and men, who really opened my mind to what I could achieve,” she adds. “They’d studied at Harvard, started multiple businesses and worked with governments — all while still young.

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