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Scenario

How to maintain authentic identity while navigating predominantly white investor spaces

My co-founder and I are building a tech company and we're both from families that were displaced by colonization but in different ways and different generations, and when we pitch to investors we keep having to decide how much of our story to tell and how to present ourselves as both credible in tech spaces and authentic to our values. We're getting mixed messages about what investors want to hear and we don't know how to stay true to ourselves.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Two people are being forced to code-switch between survival in white-dominated professional spaces and integrity to their own cultural values and histories.

Your guide for this
Juana
Juana works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with The examined colonial subject?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

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