and what is sad is that a friend of mine, amy mowman started a company back in 1987 called springboardprises, and 1997, because they looked around and said, you know what, women are not getting funding to start these tech businesses, and at the height of the bubble, and you know, everybody is getting funded and women had the great ideas and they were not getting fu funded and here we are in 2012 and it is essentially the same, the same issue, and part of the problem is that who is doing the funding. it is like 11% of these seeds are women, and 13% are angels. there is not enough women in the game to help the women get fundin funding. >> that said, i know of a lot of female en tre fre neurs who have gotten money from prestigious capital venture firms. >> well, women contribute $3 billion to the economy, but four times as long to get a business loan and 22 times as long to get capital. and there was a study that women-owned businesses will contribute 35% to all of the new jobs in the country, and that is a huge issue if it is not resolved. >> and it keeps them down. and everybody talking