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“The diversity gap begins with how start‑ups are founded. Chances are — Lopa Patel

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"“The diversity gap begins with how start‑ups are founded. Chances are they’re set up with people the founders know and trust, so it tends to be males who are friends.”"
Lopa Patel
Lopa Patel
Lopa Patel
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Lopa Patel, MBE, is a digital entrepreneur. Her parents were shopkeepers who arrived in Britain as refugees from Kenya in the 1970s. After graduating BSc from UMIST in 1986 and pursuing a graduate traineeship at ICI, Patel took over a printing business which she developed into the database management and direct marketing company DMS Direct. She went on to found Redhotcurry.com and the online shopp