According to a recent survey from the Institute of Health and Human Potential’s Women under Pressure initiative, only 32% of women feel their organization has the same amount of confidence in them as they do in their male counterparts.   This confirms the “confidence gap” exists – and women often feel less capable, prepared and willing to take risks than their male colleagues.

When women don’t feel their organization has confidence in them, there’s a serious business impact as women may:

Joanna L. Krotz, Author, Being Equal Doesn’t Mean Being The Same

Women entrepreneurs and investors still aren’t in the room when venture deals get done, even as women launch businesses nearly twice as fast as male-owned firms.

About 75% of the country’s 316,600 angel investors are men, according to the Center for Venture Research. That jumps to a shocking 95% male for decision-making partners at venture capital firms, according to PitchBook, an industry researcher. Plus, those numbers are going in the wrong direction. In 1999, women accounted for 10% of VC partners, according to a Babson College study.

the ceo magazine, entrepreneurship
Frances Kweller, CEO, Kweller Prep

When women have an idea to start a business, most suffer from “analysis paralysis” which means they analyze their business idea over and over until it ultimately prevents them from moving forward with the idea. For example, when a woman has a good idea for a business venture she tends to consult with family and friends, and listen to advice from people who may not​understand the subject or business at hand, or have any experience in this area. Most men, on the other hand, have an idea, take the initiative and just do it. Women tend to “talk it over” too much and this just makes them lose momentum.

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