Investors make more money when they finance women entrepreneurs, and companies with greater gender diversity on their executive teams are more likely to earn above average profits. Yet female founders received only 2% of venture capital dollars in 2017. What gives? Join Booz Allen Hamilton's Chief Innovation Officer, Susan Penfield, Vinetta Project C.E.O. Vanessa Dawson, Integris Software C.E.O, Kristina Bergman, and serial entrepreneur and investor, Shelly Porges on lighting a new path.

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