Read all about it on the Wash U site here!
A recent report from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor indicates that there are significantly fewer female entrepreneurs than male entrepreneurs around the world.
This is not the case, however, at Washington University in St. Louis, where more than 40 percent of successful companies started by recent graduates through the university’s business entrepreneurship courses have been founded by women.
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Recent female entrepreneurship successes include:
- The Migrant and Immigrant Community Action Project (MICA) – Founded by Nicole Corté, who earned a master’s degree in social work from the Brown School and a Juris Doctorate from the School of Law in May 2012; and Jessica Mayo, who earned a Juris Doctorate in May 2012, the organization works with low-income immigrants to overcome barriers to justice.