Beyond Bootstrap or Borrow
How to reduce sludge, bias, and bottlenecks in the funding process
Women entrepreneurs face myriad barriers when accessing capital to start and grow their businesses. This series of resources was created specifically to help financial institutions and advisors recognize, assess and address the barriers and biases present in their own funding processes.
About the Bootstrap or Borrow? Survey
This report: Bootstrap or Borrow? Improving Equity and Access to Financing for Women and Non-Binary Entrepreneurs in Canada, looks at both the internal processes and external forces that influence a woman’s decision to pursue business funding. It explores the nudges and mental models that lead people down certain funding pathways and the elements of sludge and bias that keep them from accessing capital.
Videos
What are mental models?
Reducing Sludge
Sludge Audits
WEOC Cafe To-Go
WEOC Cafe To-Go is a series of short conversations with entrepreneurial experts from across the ecosystem.
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How to cite
Women’s Enterprise Organizations of Canada, Bootstrap or Borrow? Improving Equity and Access to Financing for Women and Non-Binary Entrepreneurs in Canada, 2022. https://weoc.ca/site-content/uploads/2022/11/WEOC_Bootstrap-or-Borrow_FINAL-EN.pdf
This project has been supported by Women and Gender Equality Canada.