1.
• Venture capital funding goes mostly to Caucasian entrepreneurs
‣ 87% Caucasian founders, 12% Asian founders, 1% African American founders
• Women-led startups have received only 7% of all VC funding
• A dismal 0.2% of African American female entrepreneurs are funded
‣ Average funding $36,000 (compared with $1.3 million for Caucasian males)
• Only 7% of partners at the top 100 venture capital firms are women
‣ 78% of VC partners are Caucasian males
The Stats
Sources: CB Insights, MIT, Project Diane, Crunchbase

2.
To engage women and minorities in Little
Rock and increase access to entrepreneurial
information, resources and training.
Start Here Little Rock Mission

3.
Entrepreneur
Support Organizations
Community & Professional
Organizations

4.
The Start Here Team
Steve
Rice
Nathaniel
Thomas III
Katie
Milligan
Tionna
Jenkins
Erica
Swallow
FOUNDER STEERING COMMITTEE

5.
Start Here Little Rock
is a pilot program in conjunction with the
Clinton School of Public Service

6.
To measurably increase connectivity with
and engagement between community entrepreneur support
organizations and women and minorities
To serve as a case study that can be mirrored and customized
to make a measurable impact in communities everywhere
To provide entrepreneurial trends that will transfer to additional
sectors like education, business, and nonprofits
Start Here Little Rock Goals

7.
Saturday, August 27
10 am - 2 pm
Clinton School of Public Service
StartHereLR.org
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8.
Facebook.com/StartHereLR
Twitter: @StartHereLR
StartHereLR.org
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