1. GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP CONGRESS 2015
Milan, Italy

2. RUTA AIDIS
Project Director, Global Women Entrepreneur Leaders Scorecard (GWEL)
ACG Inc.
Senior Fellow, George Mason University

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2015 Global Women Entrepreneur Leaders
Scorecard (GWEL)
Sponsored by
Dell for Entrepreneurs Women’s
Summit
Introducing the

4. Through entrepreneurship… but how?
• The next billion jobs
• Innovative breakthroughs
• Prosperity
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5. Level the playing field for women entrepreneurs
Gender impediments
are real and persist if not
addressed
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6. Motivation
• There is no silver bullet
• No champions yet
• Data is a powerful tool for comparative understanding
• Raise awareness that leads to actionable steps
• Benchmark progress
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7. The Global Women Entrepreneur Leaders Scorecard Approach
Comparative
data index
Grouped
data
Real time
data
Media
Best
practices
Policies
7
leads to
actionable
steps
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8. Women Entrepreneur Leaders:
The Bold Ones
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9. The Melting Middle*
Small differences…. Big Consequences
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*Source: ‘The Melting Middle’ R. Aidis (2014)

10. Female entrepreneurship occurs on a continuum
Reluctant
non- entrepreneurs
Potential & Promising
entrepreneurs
Die-hard & Privileged
entrepreneurs
Source: ‘The Melting Middle’ R. Aidis (2014)

11. • Impediments to promising and potential women
entrepreneurs to start and grow their businesses
results in a stunted and underdeveloped
entrepreneurship ecosystem;
• Unleashing a country’s ‘melting middle’ of high
impact female entrepreneurs creates a virtuous cycle
for economic prosperity.

12. GWEL Comparative Data Model
Business
Environment
Gendered
Access
Pipeline for
Entrepreneurship
Leadership
and
Rights
Potential
Entrepreneur
Leaders
5 Sub-Categories: 21 Indicators
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13. Country Coverage
Total World Female
Population covered
69%
Total GDP covered 76%
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14. GWEL 2015 includes 31 countries
1. Australia
2. Bangladesh
3. Brazil
4. Canada
5. Chile
6. China
7. Egypt
8. France
9. Germany
10. Ghana
11. India
12. Jamaica
13. Japan
14. S. Korea
15. Malaysia
16. Mexico
17. Nigeria
18. Pakistan
19. Panama
20. Peru
21. Poland
22. Russia
23. South Africa
24. Spain
25. Sweden
26. Thailand
27. Tunisia
28. Turkey
29. Uganda
30. United Kingdom
31. United States
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15. Dell for Entrepreneurs Women’s Summit
June 28, 2015
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Global Women Entrepreneur Leaders Scorecard Launch
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16. Sponsored by
Dell for Entrepreneurs Women’s
Summit

17. For more information contact: Ruta Aidis, Project Director
ACG Inc.
ruta@acgimpact.com