From optics engineer to founder of YC-backed material sciences company

Post by cbcowans » Fri, Mar 29, 2019, 5:16 PM UTC

Post by camdenlock » Fri, Mar 29, 2019, 6:07 PM UTC

Post by Isamu » Fri, Mar 29, 2019, 7:28 PM UTC

cbcowans wrote: post #2

Hi HN! This is a conversation we had on Elpha with Dr. Whitney Gaynor, CEO of Sinovia Technologies. Elpha is a community for women in tech to talk candidly online and I'm the co-founder and CEO. Hope you enjoy the conversation! I'll be in the comments if you have any questions.

Post by thereisnospork » Fri, Mar 29, 2019, 8:36 PM UTC

jonnybgood wrote: post #6

camdenlock wrote: post #3

Is there a specific reason Elpha isn't positioned as a community for all persons to talk candidly online? I look forward to a future where such platforms exist for all people, and don't need to be bound to any particular kind of identity. I'm concerned about such tools, despite being well-meant, widening divisions rather than healing them.

There are plenty of communities that allow all persons to talk candidly online. However, these communities of all persons tend to be dominated by the majority voice while other voices get drowned out. These majorities don't usually consist of women and other groups.

Post by burkaman » Fri, Mar 29, 2019, 8:40 PM UTC

thereisnospork wrote: post #7

jonnybgood wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There are plenty of communities that allow all persons to talk candidly online. However, these communities of all persons tend to be dominated by the majority voice while other voices get drowned out. These majorities don't usually consist of women and other groups.

I find my belief that women are equal in talent and ability contradicts the notion that such segregated 'safe spaces' are anything but sexist; how do we reconcile the opinion that women are equal with the opinion that women need segregated spaces (professional-related)?