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do more research hereThe Kauffman Foundation reports that the percentage of women starting businesses in the United States has stagnated, while the number of businesses started by men continues to increase. Sixty-three percent of new businesses started in 2014 were started by men, while 37 percent were started by women. This representation shows that, nationwide, men are making up nearly twice as much of the entrepreneurial population than women. Furthermore, there are only 48 new women entrepreneurs out of every 100,000 people for the average city each year. [http: //www.kauffman.org/blogs/growthology/2015/06/women-entrepreneurs-in-ecosystems] '''Almost half-of female founders (48 percent) say that cite a lack of available mentors or advisers as holding them backa constraint on their willingness to enter the fields of entrepreneurship and innovation'''. [http://www.inc.com/lisa-calhoun/30-surprising-facts-about-female-founders.html] It's clear that more female founders can help increase the density of female entrepreneurs across the United States. Developing a mentor-style program for female entrepreneurs will be critical in adding new businesses and new jobs to our cities.  It's not just numbers in terms of population of female entrepreneurs, it's also about numbers in terms of capital allocation. A third of female founders say lack of capital is a constraintconstrains them from going into these fields. [8]