This dissertation was written during a triple pandemic, driven by the COVID-19 virus and a national uprising that drew attention to the structural racism and the economic inequality that plague the United States (Stolberg, 2021). This triple pandemic spurred an overdue reckoning regarding the

deeply embedded injusticesthat exist at the organizational, cultural, and individual levels of American society. As a result, many organizations are investigating how their processes and reward systems either foster or disrupt homogeneity, promote in and outgrouping, and/or favor a narrow

schema of qualifications and identities. As organizations examine their diversity, equity, and inclusionpractices, a critical question is: how does this reckoning apply to the entrepreneurial

arena?