• 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

To engage women and minorities in Little Rock and increase access to entrepreneurial

information, resources and training.

Start Here Little Rock Mission

Entrepreneur Support Organizations

Community & Professional Organizations

The Start Here Team

SteveRice

NathanielThomas III

KatieMilligan

TionnaJenkins

EricaSwallow

FOUNDER STEERING COMMITTEE

Start Here Little Rock is a pilot program in conjunction with the

Clinton School of Public Service

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

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