My co-founder and I built our tech startup in a developing country to 'create local opportunities' but investors keep pushing us toward models that extract value back to wealthy countries, and we're split on whether to resist or adapt.
More people experience this than they realize.
Founders who intended to create equitable opportunities face systemic pressure to reproduce extractive relationships.
“Where Are You with Colonialism and persistent wealth inequality?”
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