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Jessica Livingston

02/24/15

@ Y Combinator

If we want to fund more women in Y Combinator, we need more women to apply.

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Jessica Livingston Speaks at Female Founders Conference 2015

@ Y Combinator

Jessica Livingston Speaks at Female Founders Conference 2015

02/24/15

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Jessica Livingston

02/24/15

@ Y Combinator

23% of the startups that applied to Y Combinator for this batch had a female founder, and we accepted the same percentage of startups with female founders as we had applicants.

YC

Y Combinator Cast

02/24/15

@ Y Combinator

The goal is to have more successful female founders so that young women can see role models in tech and entrepreneurship.

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Jessica Livingston

07/25/17

@ Y Combinator

In recent years, there's been an increase in the number of women starting startups and raising significant seed and series A rounds, but we need to focus on having more women founding billion-dollar startups.

YC

Y Combinator Cast

10/12/22

@ Y Combinator

The real question should be why not apply to Y Combinator, rather than why we didn't do it sooner.

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Michael Seibel

03/07/18

@ Y Combinator

It's easier for Y Combinator to say yes to funding a company than it is for individual investors, as we have a more streamlined process.

YC

Y Combinator Cast

10/12/22

@ Y Combinator

If you're considering applying to Y Combinator, just do it; the experience could change your life, as it did for us.

YC

Y Combinator Cast

01/03/17

@ Y Combinator

Many successful founders have applied to Y Combinator multiple times before being accepted, so don't hesitate to apply again.

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Dalton Caldwell

04/18/24

@ Lenny's Podcast

I suggest that founders should apply to Y Combinator if they resonate with my advice and want to start a company.

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Jessica Livingston

07/25/17

@ Y Combinator

I want there to be more women founders of the big companies, the so-called unicorns, because these founders serve as the most influential role models for encouraging more women to start their own companies.