The Price of the Climb: When Success Cuts Deep
“Success doesn’t come wrapped in ease—it comes wrapped in scars, strategy, and sacred resilience. For women of colour, every step up is a revolution.” — SistaTalk Collective
In 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus—not because she wasn’t tired, but because she was tired of giving in. What followed was a national movement—but also, behind the scenes, relentless hardship. She lost her job. She was stalked. She never profited from her protest. This is the part of success we don’t glamorise, the bruises no one applauds, the cuts no one sees.
Entrepreneurship is often sold as freedom. But for women—especially women of colour—that freedom often comes at a cost. We scale ladders made of blades: funding gaps, systemic bias, work-life strain and emotional exhaustion. A report from Project Diane found that as of 2021, Black women-led start-ups received…
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