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October 22, 2013 09:18 pm GMT

How One Man Is Tackling Tech's Diversity Problem

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The tech industry isn't a hub of cultural diversity, that much we know. In fact, according to a Human Capital Venture Capital report — the only study ever conducted on VC-backed founders and their race, gender, education and age — 87% of founders are white and 92% of them are male

Those numbers have hit the public sphere, and programs such as CNN's "Black In America: The New Promised Land: Silicon Valley" have used the HCVC report to drive home the Valley's lack of diversity. But few are actively addressing the issue with viable solutions quite like Tristan Walker.

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