PBS: For African-American female entrepreneurs, funding challenges call for creative bootstrapping

[betsuni]

"At a 2015 start-up competition, Gardyne was about to make a pitch for Onerva when a potential investor turned to her husband Bob, Oneva's chief technology officer, and another business partner: 'He just looked at the two men and said, You're going to let the Black girl pitch? and that one floored me. ... You certainly believe, as a woman, you've done all the appropriate things that one needs to do to be competitive as a CEO, and it's disappointing when all that work is culminating in someone minimizing you as just a Black girl.' Gardyne ended up winning the competition and being named Best Start-Up of 2015."

[JonathanRackham]

1. Awesome PBS piece, thanks.

I caught part of it last night on local TV and had to leave.

I finished it this morning, thanks for posting.

[betsuni]

3. You're welcome!

[thucythucy]

2. I saw this last night.

So many brilliant people in this country, such vast potential. If only we could get the racists out of the way and tear down the walls of institutional racism.

Thanks for posting this.

[JonathanRackham]

4. It's racism and sexism. Double bad if you're a black woman.

I've seen POC businesses and woman owned businesses take a beating. Society is so convoluted in it's thinking process.

[thucythucy]

5. Absolutely.

Thanks for pointing that out.

[betsuni]

6. The tragedy of wasted potential in the U.S.!

Here in Japan the tragedy of the wasted potential of women, pathetic. So much waste on this planet.