“Investors aren’t used to seeing people that look like you, you’re already 10 points down when you walk in the door, you better know your sh*t.”
That was the advice I got from an investor 3 years ago when I was starting my company Amaliah, with my pregnant co-founder who was about to pop.
And for sure he was right, my co-founder and I don’t look like the people you see in an investment portfolio. The startup scene and in particular the venture scene was, is, overwhelmingly white males.
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