Women entrepreneurs 'the largest emerging market in the world'

Women could create millions of jobs if the companies they founded grew at the same pace as men's.

Tapping into this huge economic resource was the subject of a conference in Berlin, where attendees discussed what barriers women face around the world and what could be done to overcome them.

If women’s businesses flourished at the same rate as men’s, they would spark 15 million jobs in the United States, 74 million jobs in China, and 1.9 million jobs in France, according to the Global Women Entrepreneur Leaders Scorecard, which is research sponsored by Dell that crunches data from groups such as the World Bank and the United Nations.

“Women represent the largest emerging market in the world,” Elizabeth Gore, the entrepreneur-in-residence at computer company Dell told the 200 people gathered in Berlin in June for the sixth annual Dell Women’s Entrepreneur Network (DWEN) summit.

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