Women Take Risks When Starting Businesses Business Owners Take Risks


WOMEN RISK


üGuaranteed earnings üHome equity and other savings üRetirement savings üHealthcare coverage and other benefits üWorkplace retirement savings programs


Challenge: Lost opportunity, increased risk


While business ownership creates the opportunity for increased asset creation for women, it also brings a new set of risks. Women starting businesses often leverage personal assets (such as home equity and retirement savings) to capitalize their businesses. Many leave jobs with healthcare and retirement benefits, and sacrifice relatively guaranteed earnings for the potential of greater reward, control, and freedom.


Under producing women-owned firms result in lost opportunity for asset growth, increased risk for women business owners their families and communities, and loss of opportunity for influence over our world.


The risks women take in starting businesses may impact their entire household (and our world) as health insurance, paid sick days, leave and vacation may be lost, and there may be an interruption in retirement asset accumulation. If women-owned firms do not achieve strong revenue growth, women’s financial condition may continue to falter impacting families, communities, the vitality and competitiveness of our business marketplace, and society as a whole.


Women-Led. Progress for All.


Women-owned firms secure only 3.4% of federal contracting dollars


Non-women-owned firms secure


96.6% of all federal contracting dollars


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