{"id":19469,"date":"2025-12-23T14:33:02","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T14:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/2025\/12\/23\/more-women-are-choosing-entrepreneurship-over-corporate-climbing-data\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T14:33:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T14:33:10","slug":"more-women-are-choosing-entrepreneurship-over-corporate-climbing-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/2025\/12\/23\/more-women-are-choosing-entrepreneurship-over-corporate-climbing-data\/","title":{"rendered":"More Women Are Choosing Entrepreneurship Over Corporate Climbing: Data"},"content":{"rendered":"
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New data shows women lagging in corporate promotions but surging as entrepreneurs. Unsplash<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Despite recent research showing women falling behind men when it comes to vying for promotions, that gap may be confined to traditional corporate structures. Data from Sheryl Sandberg<\/a>\u2019s LeanIn.org shows that 80 percent of women sought a promotion in 2025 compared to 86 percent of men, creating an \u201cambition gap\u201d<\/a> that wasn\u2019t previously present. However, other research suggests more women are turning to entrepreneurship as a path to advancement.<\/p>\n

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Women now own 39.2 percent of all U.S. businesses<\/a>, generating $3.3 trillion in annual revenue, according to a 2025 report from Wells Fargo. While men still own more businesses overall, women-owned companies are growing at a markedly faster pace.<\/p>\n

Between 2019 and 2024, women-owned employers expanded their workforce by 19.5 percent, compared to 6.6 percent for men-owned employers, according to Wells Fargo. Revenue growth followed a similar pattern: women-owned businesses grew revenue by 56.8 percent over the same period, compared to 50 percent for men-owned businesses.<\/p>\n

Women also launched nearly half of all new businesses<\/a> last year, according to data from Gusto. Women aren\u2019t just outpacing men in growth; they\u2019re closing the gap in sheer numbers as well.<\/p>\n

LeanIn.org traced the so-called ambition gap to a lack of opportunity and support in the workplace. Return-to-office mandates, for example, have made advancement particularly challenging for women, who account for roughly two-thirds of caregivers nationwide. But women don\u2019t lack ambition; they are simply shaping careers in what may be a more demanding way, said Rachel Blank, founder & CEO of Allara Health, a telemedicine platform for women.<\/p>\n

\u201cWomen are expanding the definition of ambition beyond title-chasing to impact-building,\u201d Blank told Observer. \u201cFor a long time, ambition was measured by how closely someone followed a linear, traditionally male career path\u2014promotion by promotion, often at the expense of flexibility or well-being. Starting and growing companies allows women to define success on their own terms.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe corporate structure and the rigid demands of in-office work don\u2019t support the flexibility many women need as we juggle careers and family responsibilities,\u201d Jennifer Millard, a former Mastercard executive who now runs her startup, mainelove, a canned water brand, told Observer. \u201cAs an entrepreneur, I can prioritize my health and my family when needed. Ultimately, it\u2019s about impact, and that extends to my team. I don\u2019t care when they work as long as we accomplish our goals.\u201d<\/p>\n

Millard is far from alone in her desire for flexibility.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter years of hybrid or remote work, women don\u2019t want to compromise their happiness for this previous idea of success,\u201d Julia Sherwin, who left a public relations firm to start her own company in 2023, told Observer. With stronger networks and resources born out of shared challenges, Sherwin said opportunities for younger generations are especially promising.<\/p>\n

Despite these shifts in favor of women\u2019s entrepreneurship, gaps remain. Venture capital deal counts for women-founded and mixed-gender companies are declining, even as global investing dollars are up 38 percent year over year, with much of that capital flowing to A.I. companies. High-profile female founders like the \u201cgodmother of A.I.\u201d Fei-Fei Li may be carving paths forward, but the venture capital industry remains persistently gender-biased.<\/p>\n

Logan Brown, founder of A.I.-powered legal platform Soxton.AI, told Observer that the venture capital industry relies on a practice known as pattern matching. \u201cVCs are looking for founders that resemble prior successful investments. When there are fewer women founders, there are fewer patterns to match. As more women become founders, that\u2019s getting much better,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

While Sandberg has urged companies to counter weak gender equity by standardizing processes to limit bias, many women say they can\u2019t wait for the traditional corporate landscape to catch up with their needs.<\/p>\n

\u201cEntrepreneurship doesn\u2019t eliminate the burdens [that women face],\u201d said Brown. \u201cBut it changes who sets the terms.\u201d<\/p>\n

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