Felix Lloyd is no stranger to the 15 minutes of fame the summer of 2020 provided Black-owned businesses and their founders.
The CEO and cofounder of DC edtech startup Beanstack, learned a long time ago to be pragmatic and take advantage of whatever time you have in the limelight — because it always fades.
Reflecting on that moment nearly four years ago, after the murder of George Floyd sparked a worldwide denouncement of anti-Black racism across various industries, he knew the gains for Black people would be fleeting. Now, in 2024, he sees all the pushback against diversity in tech as a result of those gains.
Whatever the temperature of the room, Lloyd still feels the pressure of being one of the first or only Black people through a door — and what that means for those following him.
“When you’re in rooms when there’s not a lot of other people like you, I think there’s a lot of responsibility that comes …
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