Leading Lenders Toolkit

Are you a lender looking for ways to better support women entrepreneurs pursuing business financing? Access these FREE tools with up-to-date research and helpful suggestions created by our partners at Leading Lenders.

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Tool #1: Welcome to Leading Lenders!

Tool 1.1: Entrepreneurship in Canada

Tool 1.2: Women Entrepreneurship in Canada
Tool 1.3: How Much Do You Know About Women Entrepreneurs?Tool 1.4: The “Discouraged Applicants”: Barriers for Women Entrepreneurs

Tool #2: Understanding Biases and Stereotypes

Tool 2.1: Rethinking the Meaning of EntrepreneurTool 2.2: Myths or FactsTool 2.3: How to Overcome Biases and StereotypesTool 2.4: Stereotypes, Society and Culture

Tool #3: Access to Information

Tool 3.1: Information BarriersTool 3.2: Helping Women Entrepreneurs be Better Informed

Tool #4: Lending Policies & Practices

Tool 4.1: A Golden Opportunity: Women Entrepreneurs and Business FinancingTool 4.2: Disqualifying FactorsTool 4.3: Entrepreneurial Relationships with Women

Tool #5: Distinct Features of Women Entrepreneurship

Tool 5.1: Women Entrepreneurs and their BusinessesTool 5.2: Sectors of Women EntrepreneurshipTool 5.3: Motivation and Risk AdversityTool 5.4: Women Entrepreneurship and GrowthTool 5.5: Women Entrepreneurship and InnovationTool 5.6: Women Entrepreneurship and ExportationTool 5.7: Mastering the Balancing Act

Tool #6: Women Entrepreneurs and Diversity

Tool 6.1: Underrepresented Women EntrepreneursTool 6.2: Indigenous Women Entrepreneurs

Tool 6.3: Black Women Entrepreneurs

Tool #7: Financial Literacy

Tool 7.1: What is Financial Literacy?Tool 7.2: Women Entrepreneurs and Financial LiteracyTool 7.3: Education and Aspiring Women EntrepreneursTool 7.4: Building Her Network

Tool #8: Becoming a Leading Lender

Tool 8.1: Being a Leading Lender

Tool #9: Women Entrepreneurship and COVID-19

Tool 9.1: The Impacts of COVID-19 on Women Entrepreneurship

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