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Women in the workforce have it better than they think, a new study finds

By Katie Anderson

Published March 4, 2019 8:01pm ET

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Women in the workforce have it better than they think, a new study finds — Visa's Suzan Kereere and Rebecca Minkoff, designer and head of Female Founder Collective, hosted the inaugural "She's Next, Empowered by Visa" studio workshop in Atlanta on Jan. 30, 2019. She's Next, Empowered by Visa, is a new global initiative dedicated to supporting and championing women-owned businesses. | (Peter Barreras/AP Images for Visa)

“Sometimes your gender can hinder you from showing your ability because a prospect doesn’t believe you are capable,” president and co-founder of Artech Information Systems, Ranjini Poddar, said in a 2011 article in Entrepreneur.

Many women in the entrepreneurial world feel the exact same way. A 2018 poll conducted by Fast Company, a popular business magazine, found that more than half of female business owners said they “encountered some form of bias.”

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