My startup co-founder and I are both women of color but from very different backgrounds and we keep running into moments where we disagree about how to present ourselves to investors - she wants to emphasize our diversity story and I feel like that reduces us to a narrative instead of focusing on our actual innovation.
More people experience this than they realize.
Two people building something together are discovering that their individual relationships to identity representation create tension in how they want to show up collectively.
“Where Are You with The examined identity — building intentionally?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.