# Professor Deepak Hegde is interviewed for a story on the prevalence of female-founded unicorn startups in 2019

1 Faculty News July 19, 2019 ![CGTN logo ](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/cgtn192x144.jpg?itok=ZR020S7w)>

Excerpt from [CGTN](https://america.cgtn.com/2019/07/18/female-founded-unicorns-to-hit-record-in-2019) -- "'There are stereotypes that women don’t tend to take risks as much and a large part of entrepreneurship is kind of risk taking. Now just because you’re a risk taker doesn’t mean you’re a better founder, but that can unfortunately end up propagating these biases as well,' said [Hegde](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/deepak-hegde)."

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