We had one of our Women 2.0 team, Alison Cheung, out at Y Combinator’s Demo Day at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View to speak with the female founders in the YC Summer 2018 batch. The Women 2.0 team was especially excited about covering this event, as YC...
Get bragging, work hard and think honey badger. Discover what else entrepreneurs discovered at this year’s Y Combinator Female Founders Conference. By Becky Cruze (Startup Founder) In January 2014, Y Combinator co-founder and partner Jessica Livingston announced...
Get inspired and head straight for the top. By Elena Foukes Lucas (Co-founder & CEO, UtilityAPI) One year ago, I was the lowest-level analyst at a Fortune 200 company. Now, I’m a co-founder and CEO. Two catalysts began my year-long path to entrepreneurship:...
Sheryl Sandberg’s theory is all well and good, but how does leaning in actually work in practice? By Jeni Axline (Techie & Co-founder, Parenthoods Inc.) I was sitting in the back seat of a car in the parking lot of Y Combinator, pumping breast milk while I...
Our PITCH judges hail from Google Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, Forerunner Ventures, Cowboy Ventures, Y Combinator and more. By Jessica Schimm (Digital Audience Engagement Lead, Women 2.0) Think technology is lagging in diversity? In the big picture, yes. At...