Black founder in Silicon Valley: 'We need to play the game and work twice as hard to win'
September 02, 2020 at 10:20 AM EDT
Yonas Beshawred, 33, founder and CEO of StackShare, a LinkedIn for software developers based in San Francisco, California says "it's difficult to pitch a room full of VCs regardless of their race or gender." But as a Black founder, "there's additional cognitive load because you are thinking about race in the back of your mind...."