Do Women and Men Still Differ as Entrepreneurs?
Why We Still Care
Webcast Details
Live Interactive Webcast
June 25, 2008
6:30 - 8:00 PM Eastern Time
Price: $59
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Webcast Description
Why do companies started by men tend to grow bigger than those started by women? Are women strategically choosing to limit the growth of their businesses, or are they choosing to go into businesses with low growth potential?
In this Webcast, speakers share some of the latest research on gender and entrepreneurship, discuss what these statistics mean for female entrepreneurs and attempt to debunk myths and clarify challenges faced by women who own businesses.
Panelists include: Andrew Ross Sorkin, business reporter for The New York Times; Margaret Mankin Barton, Executive Director of the National Women's Business Council; and Rebecca White, Ph.D., professor of business and entrepreneurship at Northern Kentucky University.
About the Panelists
Andrew Ross Sorkin is the chief mergers and acquisitions reporter for The New York Times. Mr. Sorkin was appointed to that position in July 2000 after having served as the newspaper's European mergers and acquisitions reporter based in London since July 1999. He is also the founding editor of DealBook (nytimes.com/dealbook), an online daily financial report published by The Times, and he writes a column of the same name for the paper on Sundays.
In addition, Mr. Sorkin is an assistant editor of business and finance news, helping guide and shape the paper's coverage. As a leading voice about Wall Street and corporate America, Mr. Sorkin is a frequent guest on national television and radio programs as well as a lecturer at universities across the country. He has appeared on NBC's Today Show, PBS' The Charlie Rose Show, PBS' The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, NPR's Talk of the Nation and many others. He has also served as a guest host on CNN's American Morning and CNBC's Squawk Box.
Mr. Sorkin graduated from Cornell University with a B.S. degree in May 1999.
Margaret Barton, Executive Director of the National Women's Business Council (NWBC), has over 25 years of experience in public affairs, communications and fundraising in both the public and private sectors. Prior to joining the NWBC staff, Ms. Barton had her own small business as a fundraising, public affairs and communications consultant for political, private sector and nonprofit clients. Her work included developing and executing communications initiatives, providing counsel to support public affairs outreach and managing fundraising campaigns for organizations such as the American Cancer Society.
Margaret Barton received her Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from the University of the South (Sewanee) and has studied at the Instituto de Estudios Iberoamericanos in Saltillo, Mexico and University College, Oxford University, England.
Rebecca J. White, Ph.D. is the Founding Director of the Fifth Third Bank Entrepreneurship Institute and Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship at Northern Kentucky University (NKU). As an educator, her primary research and teaching interests are in entrepreneurship education, funding strategies for startup firms and strategic leadership in entrepreneurial firms. She is also co–founder of RiskAware, LLC, (www.riskaware.com) a risk mitigation company for higher education and is the founder and CEO of adEsse LLC, a consulting company specializing in helping startup ventures and established firms integrate and utilize an entrepreneurial mindset.
Rebecca White received an MBA and a Ph.D. in Strategic Management from Virginia Tech University and a BS from Concord University.
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Program Description
Invest in your startup dreams or take your company to the next level. Get the business know–how you need, and explore issues facing women entrepreneurs, in online courses and Webcasts from the Women's Entrepreneurship Institute (WEI).
The WEI offers a wide range of online courses covering virtually every aspect of starting and running a business. The courses include videotaped lectures, interviews with successful entrepreneurs, lively forums and chats, and comprehensive feedback on assigned projects and business plans. WEI courses are designed to be practical in nature, providing resources and templates that students can use as they start their own businesses. Students who complete five WEI courses receive a Certificate in Entrepreneurship.
The WEI also offers live, interactive Webcasts featuring business leaders and journalists from The New York Times, discussing important trends and issues for women in business today. Participants viewing live webcasts will have the opportunity for their questions to be answered during the session.
More Information
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