I think many women are afraid to demand their worth and ask for what they want – a raise, a promotion, more time off, but it’s a catch-22, because you’ll never get what you want if you don’t ask for it.
Abyah Wynn is the female, black venture capitalist who is changing the investment landscape for women and minority founders. 92% of males make up executive roles at venture capital firms with 78% of those males being white. Even more shocking- only 1% of the senior investment teams at VC firms are black. Needless to say, Wynn is dually advocating change for women and minority VC executives and founders. Wynn leads business development as the Vice President of Trimantium Capital and founder of Twenty65 Fund where money is being placed directly in the hands of female and minority founders.
She shares how she has taken the investment world by storm by implementing new standards, opportunities and educating the current culture on diversifying representation.
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