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I haven't had any trouble launching and getting traction on my own, so don't get discouraged, no matter what happens with YC :)
That said, WeddingType looks like a terrific idea, and I hope you do get accepted!
I'm a relatively active HN user. This is a throwaway, because I'm not "out" as a girl on HN. I have not applied, and I'm not going to, because my husband would never let me spend 3 months in SF by myself (and he has a job where he couldn't come with me.) And this is not a hypothetical, we've discussed it and he put his foot down.
Given the likely upside of going through YC if accepted, 12 weeks of separation seems insignificant.
(On topic: I applied this year and one of my two co-founders is female.)
My wife and I are applying for this winter session. She's been co organizing the Hackers and Founders SV, SF and Berkeley meetups with me for the past 9 months. And, she's the primary reason that our membership has tripled in the last 9 months. She works quietly in the background and makes everything run like clockwork. I've recruited her as my co founder for several years. And, she just signed on three months ago. W…
I intend to apply again in future if the startup I'm working on turns out to be the right sort of thing for it, and especially if I can team up with other hackers, especially a couple of people I've known a long time (last time my cofounder was non-technical and I had met him while looking for a cofounder). Gender balance or anything like that has never, ever been an issue for me with things like YC. Currently doing Women 2.0 Labs where it is a tacit issue, which would be interesting to contrast when I do go through YC.
I know of another woman who is applying this round and has not posted in the comments yet.
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> I ultimately decided, no, that's not really the right path for me. Did you continue to start/continue a business, or was the path you decided on a non-entrepreneur path?
I still hope to figure out how to support myself via some kind of online income. I am 45, a lot older than most of the YC applicants as I understand it, I have a very serious medical condition and two grown sons who still live with me. I have lived in the SFBA previously, in Fairfield about 45 miles from San Francisco (halfway between SF and the state capital). My sons are very against returning to Cali. I liked it b…
I remember you from another thread on learning programming -- keep perservering and I am sure the HN community is happy to help with your efforts. At least, I am.
I'm a relatively active HN user. This is a throwaway, because I'm not "out" as a girl on HN. I have not applied, and I'm not going to, because my husband would never let me spend 3 months in SF by myself (and he has a job where he couldn't come with me.) And this is not a hypothetical, we've discussed it and he put his foot down.
Could you go into more detail about what the reasons given were? My initial reactions on reading that was ... unreservedly hostile. Given the likely upside of going through YC if accepted, 12 weeks of separation seems insignificant. (On topic: I applied this year and one of my two co-founders is female.)
I would cheat on him. I was dating two other guys when we met, and we agreed when we became serious that our relationship would be exclusive. It was worth it to me. However, I'm not terribly good at resisting temptation.
Add to the fire that my type (surprise!) is geeky males, and there's no way I could resist. A Y combinator class for me would be like tempting an Ethiopian to a buffet.
He's absolutely right; it would destroy our marriage. Some things are more important than funding.
My wife and I are applying for this winter session. She's been co organizing the Hackers and Founders SV, SF and Berkeley meetups with me for the past 9 months. And, she's the primary reason that our membership has tripled in the last 9 months. She works quietly in the background and makes everything run like clockwork. I've recruited her as my co founder for several years. And, she just signed on three months ago. W…
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Could you go into more detail about what the reasons given were? My initial reactions on reading that was ... unreservedly hostile. Given the likely upside of going through YC if accepted, 12 weeks of separation seems insignificant. (On topic: I applied this year and one of my two co-founders is female.)
...and this is why I created an alt account, so I could answer honestly. I would cheat on him. I was dating two other guys when we met, and we agreed when we became serious that our relationship would be exclusive. It was worth it to me. However, I'm not terribly good at resisting temptation. Add to the fire that my type (surprise!) is geeky males, and there's no way I could resist. A Y combinator class for me would…
I against it. That whole "dropping out of high school and college" thing pretty much proved how much I chafe against what I consider hoop-jumping and YC was too much hoop-jumping for me.
Didn't stop me though: http://unicornfree.com/2010/i-made-216668-from-products/
(Different product than the one I pitched.)
I'm a relatively active HN user. This is a throwaway, because I'm not "out" as a girl on HN. I have not applied, and I'm not going to, because my husband would never let me spend 3 months in SF by myself (and he has a job where he couldn't come with me.) And this is not a hypothetical, we've discussed it and he put his foot down.
May I ask why you're hiding your gender on HN? I know of many potential reasons, just curious what yours is.
You're all so anti-sexist it sickens me. Whenever a female posts, you put away the boxing gloves and take out the kid skin gloves. The only people that actually say negative things are the unapologetic sexists, and no, I don't like that either. But it doesn't bother me as much.
So it might just be my imagination, but just to be safe I prefer to be one of the guys for my recreational forum activities.