SWEDISH AGENCY FOR ECONOMIC AND REGIONAL GROWTH 1 Esbri seminar – Estrad Attitudes and role models Promoting women´s entrepreneurship November 16, 2009.

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1 SWEDISH AGENCY FOR ECONOMIC AND REGIONAL GROWTH 1 Esbri seminar – Estrad Attitudes and role models Promoting women´s entrepreneurship November 16, 2009 Gunilla Thorstensson, programme manager

2 SWEDISH AGENCY FOR ECONOMIC AND REGIONAL GROWTH Sustainable economic growth – More new enterprises – More growing enterprises – More strong regions Challenges – Low proportion of entrepreneurs – Few enterprises grow in size

3 SWEDISH AGENCY FOR ECONOMIC AND REGIONAL GROWTH 2014-11-24www.tillvaxtverket.se Going on in Sweden Promoting women´s entrepreneurship 2007-2009 880 ambassadors, www.ambassadorer.se Vinnova: research programme Almi Företagspartner: 200 women future board members

4 SWEDISH AGENCY FOR ECONOMIC AND REGIONAL GROWTH 2014-11-24www.tillvaxtverket.se Promoting women´s entrepreneurship Three year programme 2007-2009 82 million SEK 2009, in total 250 million SEK during 2007-2009  More new, viable businesses and more growing businesses  Making visible, making possible and providing the tools ´ Make possible, make visible

5 SWEDISH AGENCY FOR ECONOMIC AND REGIONAL GROWTH 2014-11-24www.tillvaxtverket.se 880 Ambassadors for women´s enterprise Make women entrepreneurs more visible Role models for others – If she can, I can! Increases knowledge about running a business Tell their story 12 EU Ambassadors from Sweden

6 SWEDISH AGENCY FOR ECONOMIC AND REGIONAL GROWTH Beautiful Business Award Service Developer of the Year Beautiful Business Award 2010 1760 nominees 30 finalists, three regional finals – Umeå, Örebro, Malmö Finals in Stockholm, January 19, 2010 www.beautifulbusinessaward.se Årets Tjänsteutvecklare 2009: Kristina Theander, Middagsfrid

7 SWEDISH AGENCY FOR ECONOMIC AND REGIONAL GROWTH Role models on film YouTube.com Tillväxtverket filmer Hanna Bruce Växbo Lin Hanna Johansson Mellby Bissgården Remziye Inanc Järva Tolk och Översättning Gunilla von Platen Xzakt Kundrelation Cecilia Boman BA Konsult

8 SWEDISH AGENCY FOR ECONOMIC AND REGIONAL GROWTH 2014-11-24www.tillvaxtverket.se Media a key player Dalarnas Tidning: Annette hjälper andra kvinnor att ta steget uppåt. Annette Stoltz, Hedemora Sotaren DN: I Gnosjö investerar man sig ur krisen Solveig Fransson, Gnosjö Automatsvarvning AB TV 4, P4 Västerbotten Kvinnliga ambassadörer vill ändra bilden av den typiske företagaren

9 SWEDISH AGENCY FOR ECONOMIC AND REGIONAL GROWTH 2014-11-24www.tillvaxtverket.se More media … Debattartikel Newsmill, Jeanette Bohman, Skivarps Gästgivaregård Vi tänder stjärnor - ni släcker dem! ”Under senare delen av 1800-talet fanns det flera framgångsrika affärskvinnor, även om de oftast hamnade i skymundan av männen.” SvD: Företagarkvinnor inget nytt

10 SWEDISH AGENCY FOR ECONOMIC AND REGIONAL GROWTH 2014-11-24www.tillvaxtverket.se Facts and statistics affect attitudes Facts, not fantasies Knowledge increasing among business advisers, players and authorities Report from Tillväxtverket – The Government´s funding initiatives from a gender perspective

11 SWEDISH AGENCY FOR ECONOMIC AND REGIONAL GROWTH 698 000 businesses – most of them small 5-9 employed5% 10-19 employed 3% 20-49 employed2% > 50 employed1% 68% 22% 1-4 employed

12 SWEDISH AGENCY FOR ECONOMIC AND REGIONAL GROWTH More women set up businesses Källa: ITPS 62% 31% 7% 61% 32% 57 800 start-ups (2008) - 32% by women in 2008 - 15% by women in 90´s About ¼ of SMEs are run by a woman

13 SWEDISH AGENCY FOR ECONOMIC AND REGIONAL GROWTH 2014-11-24www.tillvaxtverket.se Women´s entrepreneurship more visible Women less invisible as entrepreneurs; role models important – If she can, I can! Entrepreneurship more female; a heterogenous group running businesses in all sectors Services growing in economy; business opportunities for women entrepreneurs Persistance; takes time to change

14 SWEDISH AGENCY FOR ECONOMIC AND REGIONAL GROWTH 2014-11-24www.tillvaxtverket.se

15 SWEDISH AGENCY FOR ECONOMIC AND REGIONAL GROWTH For more information: Gunilla Thorstensson, programme manager e-mail: gunilla.thorstensson@tillvaxtverket.segunilla.thorstensson@tillvaxtverket.se Phone: +46 8 681 6587 Internet: – www.tillvaxtverket.se/kvinnorsforetagandewww.tillvaxtverket.se/kvinnorsforetagande – www.ambassadorer.se