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Vancouver was ranked in the top 50 best cities in the world for women entrepreneurs in 2019 by Dell Technologies.
The study ranks 50 cities around the world according to their ability to foster the growth of women entrepreneurs based on five metrics, which include: markets, talent, capital, culture, and technology. What's more, the study is the only global, gender-specific one that looks at a city’s ability to foster the growth of women-owned businesses. As such, it serves, "as a diagnostic tool to advise policy-makers on how to better support women in business."
San Francisco ranked first on the list, followed by New York in second. London, England placed third, followed by Boston in fourth. Toronto was the lone Canadian city to place in the top ten, with Vancouver placing eleventh.
Mexico City had the greatest improvement this year ranking 29th; it ranked 45th in 2017.
"When we invest in women, we invest in the future; communities prosper, economies thrive and the next generation leads with purpose,” said Karen Quintos, EVP and chief customer officer at Dell Technologies.
“By arming city leaders and policymakers with actionable, data-driven research on the landscape for women entrepreneurs, we can collectively accelerate the success of women-owned businesses by removing financial, cultural and political barriers."
- San Francisco Bay Area, US
- New York, US
- London, UK
- Boston, US
- Los Angeles, US
- Washington DC, US
- Seattle, US
- Paris, France
- Toronto, Canada
- Stockholm, Sweden
- Vancouver, Canada
- Sydney, Australia
- Melbourne, Australia
- Austin, US
- Chicago, US
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Portland, US
- Barcelona, Spain
- Berlin, Germany
- Atlanta, US
- Singapore
- Houston, US
- Hong Kong
- Copenhagen, Denmark
- Minneapolis, US
- Taipei, Taiwan
- Munich, Germany
- Belfast, UK
- Mexico City, Mexico
- Dublin, Ireland
- Miami, US
- Tel Aviv, Israel
- Pittsburgh, US
- Tokyo, Japan
- Milan, Italy
- Johannesburg, South Africa
- Dubai, UAE
- Beijing, China
- Warsaw, Poland
- Nairobi, Kenya
- Seoul, South Korea
- Lima, Peru
- Bangalore, India
- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Guadalajara, Mexico
- Shanghai, China
- Istanbul, Turkey
- Jakarta, Indonesia
- Delhi, India.
