Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E)

NPR’s All Tech Considered looks at new research from MIT Professor Fiona Murray that indicates attractive males are more likely to receive funding for their startups than females.

Guardian reporter Holly Welham writes that MIT researchers “found that male entrepreneurs were 60% more likely than women to succeed and that physical attractiveness produced a 36% increase in pitch success.”

“Investors are more likely to put money into a business idea pitched by a man than a woman, according to a study published by researchers from Harvard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Wharton School,” writes Matt Clinch for CNBC.

New research from MIT shows that investors are more likely to select business concepts pitched by men, in particular attractive men, as opposed to women, reports Richard Valdmanis for Reuters.