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Jennifer Weinhart

The SBIR program is up for reauthorization again. It’s time for Congress to implement meaningful reform.

The SBIR program is up for reauthorization again. It’s time for Congress to implement meaningful reform.

With a looming reauthorization deadline later this year, Congress has a chance to renew and improve a government funding program that can be critical to startups engaging in costly R&D.

Supporting mothers is supporting entrepreneurship

Supporting mothers is supporting entrepreneurship

Historically, it’s been difficult to be a woman startup founder without the access to the capital and networks typically enjoyed by male founders, and the path to entrepreneurship is even harder for mothers who have to also balance a disproportionate share of family care responsibilities. The problem of inaccessible and unaffordable child care only increases that disparate access to the startup ecosystem for women, and it’s about to get a lot worse.