Women in business: The funding piece - video

Women are motivated. They want to run companies. But funding does not follow — women-run businesses get a disproportionately low amount of funding. And for women of color it's "absolutely abysmal," according to Ola Lessard, a fractional CMO-for-hire and managing partner of Nine Muses Marketing, which helps women-owned brands better connect to their target audience.

"The products made by women who know what their customers want are not getting the funding," said Lessard, "That's a really big piece we need to solve for."

Lessard noted the many ways in which women-owned businesses are run differently than those run by men. More vulnerability. More collaboration.

And nothing brings success like more success.

Click to watch the video and some keen business insights from Lessard.

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