The San Francisco Bay Area has overtaken its East Coast rival New York as the most accommodative place in the world to be a women entrepreneur, according to the recent study by DELL Technologies.
The San Francisco Bay Area’s progress this year saw New York to drop to second place, followed by London (third), Boston (fourth) and Los Angeles (fifth). The top 10 was rounded out by Washington D.C. (sixth), Seattle (seventh), Paris (eighth), Toronto (ninth) and Stockholm (tenth).
Sydney and Melbourne were the two Australian cities included in this year’s ranking of the top 50 global cities for female entrepreneurs, with Sydney making number 12 on the list, and Melbourne coming in at number 13.
The study ranks 50 cities across the world according to their ability to foster the growth of women-owned businesses, based on five main metrics including markets, talent, capital, culture, and technology.
- 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.
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