Reports

Entrepreneurs solve problems, transform the way we do things, create jobs, spur economic growth and drive prosperity. Yet there is a significant gap between the number of women who start businesses and those who commit to growing them.

While entrepreneurial startup activity is on the rise, entrepreneurs of color remain underrepresented and continue to have lower rates of entrepreneurship than their white counterparts do.

New businesses are critical to creating more jobs: 40 percent of net new jobs created in the past two decades were the result of hiring by new businesses.