{"id":3929,"date":"2017-03-15T13:20:17","date_gmt":"2017-03-15T13:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.seedrs.com\/learn\/?p=3929"},"modified":"2021-05-13T22:31:56","modified_gmt":"2021-05-13T21:31:56","slug":"entrepreneur-like-a-girl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/europe.republic.com\/insights\/investing-features-insight\/entrepreneur-like-a-girl","title":{"rendered":"Entrepreneur like a girl"},"content":{"rendered":"

The award-winning #LikeAGirl <\/span>video<\/span><\/a> by <\/span>Always<\/span><\/i> asks the question, \u201cWhat does it mean to do something <\/span>like a girl<\/span><\/i>?\u201d It features the instinctive reactions of girls, boys, men and women when asked to run like a girl, throw like a girl, and fight like a girl – and, whilst humorous, is a somewhat sad demonstration of the in-built biases towards female ability that develop as girls get older. Growing up, I was lucky enough to be completely sheltered from gender bias: I attended an all-girls school in the Spice Girls heyday, and my mother was the family breadwinner, having founded her business when I was seven. But during my working life – in law, finance and technology, sectors not famed for their gender diversity – I have seen the attitudes in the <\/span>Always <\/span><\/i>video play out in a professional context, with many of my female peers losing confidence in their careers and starting to question their roles in the workforce.<\/span><\/p>\n