Walker: 80% of Black men deal with shaving irritation permanently
Tristan Walker · Learn from every “no” | Masters of Scale · Jan 30, 2024 · at 24:43
Tristan Walker discusses the market size for Bevel and challenges a VC's skepticism that razor bumps and shaving irritation are as profound an issue as acne.
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“All you had to do was get on the phone with 10 black men, and eight of them would have said this is a permanent thing I have to deal with. All you had to do was get on the phone with 10 white men, and four of them would have said the same thing. Could have done it for women, too, and you would have got the same ratios.”
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