Entrepreneurial spirit, purpose, growth, impact are not gendered qualities Those invited to judge can help make point by refusing to judge the category The EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2022 Malaysia awards were held on 13th January this year. Congratulations to all the winners and finalists. Thirteen entrepreneurs were vying for the top award in four categories besides an overall Entrepreneur of the Year Award to represent Malaysia at the EY World Entrepreneur of the Year Award come June 2023.
But access is not the same as success. We should solve for the former and not discriminate against the latter.
The key metric that this award seems to miss is that entrepreneurs ultimately only compete with themselves. They compete against the urge to give up. They compete against their lack of confidence, against getting rejected, and against painful and costly mistakes. The other categories for the awards were Emerging Entrepreneur, Technology Entrepreneur, and Master Entrepreneur. It is hard to see why a female entrepreneur can’t be judged in any of these categories.
We should not confuse this with pushing for greater diversity and representation in management. Women's representation on the boards of the
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