THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO BLACK MEN’S HAIR

Tristan Walker Wants Black Businessmen to Taste Financial Freedom

Bevel’s founder is one step closer to building a grooming empire of his own

Julian Mitchell
LEVEL
Published in
11 min readMay 20, 2020

--

Virtual photo: Peyton Fulford

Update 6/7/22: Level has a new home. You can read this article and other new articles by visiting LEVELMAN.com.

Beyond the day-to-day goals that go into building a business, every entrepreneur shares a singular aspiration: freedom. But that word doesn’t have a singular definition. For some, it represents earning potential; for others, unrestricted creativity; still others, the power to validate one’s own imagination.

For Tristan Walker, the freedom of entrepreneurship embodies not only material benefits but pioneering new spaces and platforms that help millions of people with similar stories experience freedom for themselves. That’s what prompted him to become an entrepreneur-in-residence at Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz; it’s what drove him to co-found Code2040, a nonprofit pursuing racial equity in the tech world. And it’s what led him in 2013 to found skin care company Bevel.

As the flagship brand of Walker & Company, Bevel offers hair care products and grooming accessories designed specifically for the needs of Black…

--

--