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Author here. I think you missed the point of the essay; my startup at the time didn’t get funded because the idea wasn’t a good fit for venture capital. We stil
by andrewmd5 6y ago
Author here. I think you missed the point of the essay; my startup at the time didn’t get funded because the idea wasn’t a good fit for venture capital. We still ended up up making close to half a million in revenue, pivoted, and have raised over $5M to date while grossing close to $10M last year in revenue.
Having experienced actual racism I can infer when someone is making a comment from a place of privilege vs. being malicious. The entire point of that section was to frame things.
- caffeine 6y agoYour article seemed to be about economic inequality, but was attributed as racial inequality (most of the other comments here identified this too). That misattribution is why I thought it might be an example of the "other racism tax" (which needs a better name.) I'm glad you went on to find success. Onwards and upwards.