The journey of entrepreneurship is often romanticized, depicted as a path paved with determination, innovation, and success.

However, the reality for many aspiring nonwhite entrepreneurs is far more complicated, and includes challenges that extend beyond mere market dynamics. For people like Kareem Sadiq (President and CEO of EQiSpace) who stood-up to targeted racism and workplace harassment, the barriers to starting a business are deep, and require some examination of the relationship between professional adversity and entrepreneurial ambition.

Read more about the barriers Kareem faced getting to this point over on Linked In.

And stay tuned for more articles and analysis as EQiSpace gets up and running. in earnest.