The Y Combinator partner and Women 2.0 speaker made the optimistic claim at the YC Female Founders Conference. By Jessica Stillman (Editor, Women 2.0) As we reported ahead of our last conference, things are changing at top accelerator Y Combinator. Conference speaker...
The Muse plans to use the seed funding to better personalize its advice and recommendations for job seekers and expand its network to new cities. By Betsy Mikel (Contributing Writer, Women 2.0) Startups have given us new ways to shop online, hail cabs and book hair...
YC founding partner (and Women 2.0 conference speaker) shares her thoughts on how the changing tech industry is diversifying the accelerator’s applicant pool. By Jessica Stillman (Editor, Women 2.0) Since it got started in 2005, Y Combinator has now funded 644...
“Silicon Valley isn’t made up of heroes and villains. It’s led by complex people, who are doing a whole lot of good and also making mistakes along the way.” By Elissa Shevinsky (Co-founder & CEO, Glimpse) I’m saddened by the recent attacks on Paul...
As Y Combinator co-founder Paul Graham defends his comments about women being 10 years behind men in tech, the conversation proves that sexism in the field is still a problem. By Betsy Mikel (Contributing Writer, Women 2.0) The Internet is reeling after The...