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Investors are missing out on Black founders



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Craig J. Lewis
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Craig J. Lewis is the founder and CEO of Gig Wage, a simplified fintech payroll platform built for contract workers.

I’m a Black man in America — that’s hard. Black founders, and uniquely Black founders in tech, are facing insurmountable odds.
As the recipients of less than 1% of venture capital raise, institutionalized systems are visibly at play. Within almost 10 years of my entrepreneurial journey, I have encountered just as many setbacks and failures as I have successes.
However, I have pressed forward despite the disparities that often plague the Black entrepreneurial community. From imbalances in …

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