Our startup team talks constantly about disrupting industries and changing the world, but three of us are from working-class families and we're starting to realize the venture capital game requires social capital we don't have and connections we've never had access to.
More people experience this than they realize.
The mythology of meritocratic innovation collides with the reality of how social capital and class background determine access to resources.
“Where Are You with Social mobility and identity shift?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.