In Silicon Valley, Black founders and tech workers are severely underrepresented. The federal government sets aside $2.5 billion each year for small businesses engaged in research and development that has commercial potential. Black-owned businesses, women-owned businesses and economically and socially disadvantaged groups need to claim more of this money, said Spencer Hamilton, a business advisor […] The post A Little-Known Origin Story: Google Got Its Start With Government Funding. Why Aren’t Black Founders Claiming Their Share? appeared first on Moguldom.