More often than not in his young career, Tristan Walker has ended up at the forefront of his field. The 29-year-old Stanford business school grad worked as director of business development for Foursquare before becoming venture firm Andreessen Horowitz’s entrepreneur in residence.
But whenever he visited his local pharmacy, Walker found himself in quite a different position. As a black man with curly hair, he’d always have to head to the back of the store in order to buy cosmetic products—the...
Published on December 18, 2013 15:00