Did you know that 42% of U.S. business are women-owned? And that women of color account for 50% of women-owned businesses?

Women-owned business have been growing 2x faster than the national average, yet receive just 16% of all conventional business loans.

I spent this morning at the ribbon-cutting for @firstwomensbank, the only women-founded, women-owned & women-led commercial bank in the U.S.

I am proud to be both an Investor & a Strategic Advisor, and to join together with @sophiabush and @nialauryn as part of the founding team.

Economic parity and financial inclusion are important steps toward gender equality.

Women are leading an economic revolution in this country, but just as there are gender gaps in leadership and pay, there is a gender gap in access to capital.

First Women’s Bank intends to solve it.

#firstwomensbank #gendergap

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