The awkward questions women founders face
Live MintWhen Medha Mukherjee, founder of Feministaa Media, a media platform that supports Indian women achievers, began her journey as an entrepreneur she was prepared for challenges but not ones were based solely on her gender. A common question that many women entrepreneurs face is ‘who is the top boss of the company?’ “Clients ask who runs the company, who is the brain behind the idea, and I firmly tell them it’s my idea and that I am heading it all,” says Pune-based Sumedha Salunkhe Naik, founder of fintech company Syntellect. Syntellect founder Sumedha Salunkhe Naik says many men are allies Appetite for risk With investors too, Naik says, that unlike men, women entrepreneurs have to prove they have an appetite for risk. Worldwide, women founders face bias and seldom have access to the same kind of capital, networks and opportunity as their male counterparts but they’re pulling their weight nevertheless. Age and gender can both play against you,” says Neha Bagaria, founder of JobsForHer, an online platform helping women get back to work.