Its About Damn Time How To Turn Being Underestimated Into Your Greatest Advantage Arlan Hamilton Rachel L Nelson by Arlan Hamilton; Rachel L. Nelson 9780593136416, 9780593136423, 9782020003063, 2020003066, 0593136411, 059313642X instant download after payment.

From a black, gay woman who broke into the boys' club of Silicon Valley comes an empowering guide to finding your voice, working your way into any room you want to be in, and achieving your own dreams.
In 2015, Arlan Hamilton was on food stamps and sleeping on the floor of the San Francisco Airport, with nothing but an old laptop and a dream of breaking into the venture capital business: she couldn't understand why people starting companies all looked the same (white, male), and saw the chance to invest in the ideas and people who didn't conform to this image of how a founder is "supposed to look." She had no contacts or network in Silicon Valley, no background in finance - or even a college degree. What she did have was fierce determination and the will to succeed.
As much as we wish it weren't so, we still live in a world where being underrepresented often means being underestimated. But as someone who makes her living investing in high-potential founders who also...