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Re: Y Combinator Female Founders Conference LiveStream

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Post by namenotrequired »

Jun8 wrote: post #28
namenotrequired wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sorry if that's condescending? It wasn't meant to be. I just know many men might understandably not be immediately interested in something that's clearly aimed at women. Edit: Oh, and also because it didn't appear on the front page until ~30 minutes after it started (though it had appeared on new a few times).

No problem, it just seemed that you had a priori assumptions that may not be correct. If you want to sell to women, of course you would be interested, e.g. the great scene where Darcy first meets and teaches Nick this point in What Women Want (great movie all through, btw). As an edge case, think of people in Mattel not being interested in what girls think!

You're right, I'm happy to see I was less correct than I expected after it seemed to be ignored initially. The new page is a funny beast.

Sorry, I'm afraid that reference is lost on me :(

Re: Y Combinator Female Founders Conference LiveStream

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Post by nilved »

Crake wrote: post #16
namenotrequired wrote: post #3

For those who wouldn't click cause it's "Female Founders" - so far it's been just as inspiring as Startup School (even for me as a man).

I usually don't bother with links to things that are phrased in such a way as to suggest support of segregationist policies. I don't care about women in tech. I care about people in tech.

Awesome! That's why you support women in tech and the female founder thought, right? Because that's how _people_ get in to tech?

Re: Y Combinator Female Founders Conference LiveStream

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Post by neilk »

namenotrequired wrote: post #3

For those who wouldn't click cause it's "Female Founders" - so far it's been just as inspiring as Startup School (even for me as a man).

Agreed. I saw someone post the link on Twitter, and it was very interesting. Skipped back to the beginning and Adora Cheung's story (HomeJoy) just blew me away.

Re: Y Combinator Female Founders Conference LiveStream

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Post by jonalmeida »

Crake wrote: post #17
jonalmeida wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not true, I didn't click the link because I feared it was about getting more female founders in development. After reading namenotrequired's comment I clicked.

Yeah, same. :/ Funny, isn't? All the Adria Richards of the world claiming to want to increase the exposure of women in tech are actively discouraging exactly that.

It's an interesting point. I think it's discouraging young male entrepreneurs.

Hacker School has special funding for women wanting to apply and while I consciously ignore this, sub-consciously, I feel that I have a less likely chance of getting in so why bother applying.

Re: Y Combinator Female Founders Conference LiveStream

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Post by igravious »

namenotrequired wrote: post #24
igravious wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ah, you may not be acquainted with English punctuation. The ? (question mark) and ! (exclamation point) when combined so ?! usually denotes (connotes?) baffled incredulity[0] or something similar. [0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exclamation_mark From good ol' Wiki P, "The exclamation mark is sometimes used in conjunction with the question mark. This can be in protest or astonishment ("Out of all places, the squatter…

Thanks a lot for explaining! The same is true in Dutch, perhaps I should have phrased my question as "what surprises you?".

Hey, no problem. Your initial statement struck me as a little odd too. I wouldn't have used quite so terse (?!) a response to you because HN etiquette frowns upon it - even though some cases (like perhaps this one) may warrant it.

>For those who wouldn't click cause it's "Female Founders" - so far it's been just as inspiring as Startup School (even for me as a man).

I'm not going to put words into your mouth. Can you explain what you meant by this using a different set of words?

Re: Y Combinator Female Founders Conference LiveStream

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Post by Dewie »

nilved wrote: post #33
Crake wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I usually don't bother with links to things that are phrased in such a way as to suggest support of segregationist policies. I don't care about women in tech. I care about people in tech.

Awesome! That's why you support women in tech and the female founder thought, right? Because that's how _people_ get in to tech?

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