Announcing the Female Founders Conference (March 1)
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Announcing the Female Founders Conference (March 1)
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#2reverse sexism is still sexism.
Re: Announcing the Female Founders Conference (March 1)
#3This is awesome, congrats to all the hosts! It is more common now to see female founders of non-tech companies but hopefully this conference will inspire more women to get into starting tech companies and furthermore, will inspire younger women to pursue more technical degrees, namely CS.
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#4It should be noted that you don't need to be a current startup founder to apply:
Are you a woman interested in starting a startup? Then we'd love to have you at Y Combinator's Female Founders Conference, where female founders we've funded, along with some distinguished guests, will share practical advice from their own experience.
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#5Demanding equality, except when being a woman is advantageous.
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#6Re: Announcing the Female Founders Conference (March 1)
#7Shouldn't it be called X Combinator? :)
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#8While we're on the topic of conferences that target a specific slice, does anyone know if there's something like an Immigrant Founders Conference? That sounds like another demographic that has huge potential and could use some pretty specific kinds of help.
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#10I ran into Donna Dubinsky at an event once and got to pick her brain for an hour. It was amazing. She's in SFBA, and I'd love to see her added to the list of speakers. (I'm really hoping someone does full notes for this conference the way that someone usually does for Startup School).