Ask YC: Have any girls applied to YC? Any get in?

#1

Post by shadowplay » Fri, Sep 28, 2007, 8:56 AM UTC

There must be some Caterina Fakes and Sandy Lerners in there, right?

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#2

Post by davidw » Fri, Sep 28, 2007, 10:41 AM UTC

Have any boys? Generally, I thought that applicants were done with college.

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#3

Post by alaskamiller » Fri, Sep 28, 2007, 10:46 AM UTC

jamglue.com has a girl founder: http://www.jamglue.com/people/divya

don't remember anyone else though. maybe shoutfit had a girl founder too.

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#4

Post by gustaf » Fri, Sep 28, 2007, 11:21 AM UTC

Good question! This is a pretty bad problem.

Marie from heysan! was the only girl in the winter program 2007

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#5

Post by jl » Fri, Sep 28, 2007, 11:53 AM UTC

There have been 5 female cofounders. Marie from Heysan, Divya from Jamglue, and Michelle (with a company from last summer that hasn't launched yet) are the women still involved with their startups.

I hope more women will apply for funding this fall!

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#6

Post by jamiequint » Fri, Sep 28, 2007, 1:07 PM UTC

"never attribute to malice what can be explained by math" -pg

people usually found companies with their friends peoples friends are usually of the same sex less women in technology thus the number of founders will be around that small percentage squared

I forget what PG essay this is from, anyone?

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#7

Post by juanpablo » Fri, Sep 28, 2007, 1:16 PM UTC

jamiequint wrote: post #6

"never attribute to malice what can be explained by math" -pg people usually found companies with their friends peoples friends are usually of the same sex less women in technology thus the number of founders will be around that small percentage squared I forget what PG essay this is from, anyone?

"Ideas for Startups" (http://paulgraham.com/ideas.html)

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#8

Post by jsjenkins168 » Fri, Sep 28, 2007, 2:15 PM UTC

We have a female co-founder, but she's not really a hacker. Where she lacks in programming skill she more than makes up for it in other areas though, which is why she's on the team. Don't be fooled, she runs much of the show..

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#9

Post by jdavid » Fri, Sep 28, 2007, 2:39 PM UTC

I hate to say it because i only wish that it was not true, but women seem to question authority a lot less.

Maybe a YC for women would work better to attract female founders.

Another difference I find is that women tend to gather more information before making a decision on something, maybe a YC that was better focused on this would help women cross the gap?

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#10

Post by jkush » Fri, Sep 28, 2007, 3:03 PM UTC

alaskamiller wrote: post #3

jamglue.com has a girl founder: http://www.jamglue.com/people/divya don't remember anyone else though. maybe shoutfit had a girl founder too.

I know it's off topic but I feel like an idiot now. I posted a link to this a while back: http://micropledge.com/projects/music-mash without knowing that this had already been done by a YC startup. On one hand, I'm really glad to see that someone has done this idea. On the other, I'm upset that it wasn't me.

At the risk of sounding desperate, I often wonder if I will ever get it right!