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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Lucy Tobin

Mind the scaling gap: female ambition needs better funding, not more advice

A male founder's pitchdeck is taken at face value - and more likely to be backed - despite often being higher risk.

Female entrepreneurs' forecasts, meanwhile, are 'discounted' by investors for appearing conservative,even though they are more likely to be met.

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