Why Women Receive Less Angel Funding Than Men -- Biz Coach Terry Corbell

Aug. 13, 2009 - PRLog -- It’s well-known that women receive less angel funding than men, but it isn’t because of a male-oriented bias, according to a business-coaching column written by Biz Coach Terry Corbell in Seattle.

As a longtime columnist, Mr. Corbell has written about 450 business-coaching columns for various media sites since 2001. His columns are updated and archived on his Web site, The Biz Coach, http://www.bizcoachinfo.com, “Proven Solutions for Maximum Profits.” It’s a business-resource site with performance-enhancing strategies and breaking-business news video reports on events and trends.

Mr. Corbell writes there are surprising, but valid reasons why women receive less angel funding than men and he includes advice to women entrepreneurs. He draws his conclusions from a study co-authored by a finance professor, Dr. John Becker-Blease, at Washington State University, Vancouver.

The study is entitled: “Do women-owned businesses have equal access to angel capital?” More importantly, the intriguing reasons for the disparity published in the “Journal of Business Venturing.”

Dr. Becker-Blease conducted the study in 2007 with Dr. Jeffrey E. Sohl, who directs The Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire.

Mr. Corbell’s column, “Why Women Receive Less Angel Funding Than Men,” includes these topics:

•   The number of women who apply for funds vis-a-vis men
•   Types of businesses preferred by angel investors
•   Why fewer women seek capital than men
•   Why female entrepreneurs prefer women angels
•   The funding-success rate of applicants
•   The level of research about women receiving private equity investments
•   Why male angel investors actually prefer women entrepreneurs
•   Sources of women-focused angel investment groups
•   Advice for would-be women entrepreneurs

Mr. Corbell currently writes an Internet business-coaching column, The Biz Coach, for the Money News page at Seattle’s KIRO, the "2009 National Edward R. Murrow Award Winner for Overall Excellence." The direct link to Mr. Corbell's columns: http://www.kirotv.com/sponsors/16850870/detail.html.

Mr. Corbell often draws on his experience as a business-performance consultant and media columnist.

The New York Times featured him twice in 2008. For some his business tips, simply Google each of these headlines:

• Been There... Done That... Here’s How
• Advice on Taking an Entrepreneurial Leap

As a profit professional, he developed The CMS Approach. To relieve a company’s financial stress, The CMS Approach includes a financial turnaround program on a pay-for-performance basis. Mr. Corbell provides complete solutions for a small retainer and one percent of the net-profit increase.

He is managing member of CMS Associates LLC, http://www.cmsassociatesllc.com, which is long-known for providing “Solutions to Increase Revenue.” CMS is an excellent company with an outstanding record of success since 1992. The firm has insights, systems and strategies to save companies time and money while increasing revenue.

Mr. Corbell is also focusing on economic development. He and KIRO are partnering to promote the economic climate of Western Washington communities.

He’s writing a book tentatively entitled, “How to Watch Your Back in the Jungle – Avoiding Business Predators.”

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Terry Corbell, The Biz Coach, is a profit professional and business-performance consultant. He is a longtime columnist at media Web sites, and publishes performance-enhancing strategies at www.bizcoachinfo.com, Proven Solutions for Maximum Profits.