AI won't help female entrepreneurs bridge the gender gap VentureBeat AI

I've said it before and I'll say it again: female entrepreneurs are required to work tirelessly to earn their deserved spot in the corner office and at the head of the table. Yet statistics show that more often than not, hard work literally doesn't pay when women are at the helm of a company. Only 3% of money from venture capitalists and 4% of commercial loans go to female entrepreneurs even as the number of women-owned businesses continues to skyrocket. According to the 2016 State of Women-Owned Businesses Report from American Express OPEN, "Between 2007 and 2016, the number of women-owned firms increased by 45%, compared to just a 9% increase among all businesses." Still, the language venture capitalists use to describe female entrepreneurs is tinged with negativity -- words and phrases like "high maintenance" and "cautious" are viewed as traits that could lead to disaster.