Inara Sunan Tareque

This is the sixth annual State of Latino Entrepreneurship report where we have collected robust survey data from Latino-owned businesses across the country to provide a timely account on the fastest-growing segment of the U.S. business population. This year, we administered our national survey amid a global pandemic and vast social unrest, and the unique disruptions businesses faced over the past year are clearly visible in the survey responses.

The Gender Gap Remains Large: 3 New Insights from the Annual Survey of Entrepreneurs (ASE) While the entrepreneurship gender gap persists, the gap in the performance of businesses owned by female compared to males, proxied by firm revenue, has been shrinking. With the release of the largest annual survey data of U.S. entrepreneurs, we at the Kauffman Foundation are very excited to explore important topics such as the extent of the gender gap within entrepreneurship.