The Billion Dollar Blindspot

The Billion Dollar Blindspot

Why Women Don’t Invest And Why That’s Changing Now

How history shaped women’s relationship with capital and why the next wave of investors looks different.

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Maryann
Jun 07, 2025
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We were told to save. To be cautious. To wait. But that advice didn’t come from nowhere. It came from a system that never expected women to have capital, let alone move it. This is the story of how we got here and why the most powerful thing some of us will do is say: I’ll invest anyway.

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