Study Shows Entrepreneurship Gap Based on Attractiveness

successThis just in…if you’re a good-looking guy, odds are stacked in your favor if you’re looking to get an investor to buy into your new business.

As per a piece in The Telegraph, a study by Harvard University revealed that investors were more likely to invest in a business if the guy pitching it is handsome. Attractive women entrepreneurs weren’t more or less likely to be successful than less attractive women.

Harvard Business School’s Dr. Alison Brooks told the newspaper:

“We identify a profound and consistent sex gap in entrepreneurship – a central path to job creation, economic growth and prosperity.

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