Though the leadership leaned to the young side, they all leaned to the same complected side, as did the workforce. Before its emergence as Bonterra alongside a partnership of other social good companies, Social Solutions paid rigorous detail to its hiring of bright-minded individuals. It did not give as much attention to ensuring that their career paths, experience, and cultural makeups were as diverse. Out of 250-ish people when I began, 10 were non-white. Also, pay was on the lower side for a successful tech company beginning to etch out a substantial niche in its respective vertical.