In the Winter 2017 batch, one notable female founder is from Simple Habit, an app that offers five-minute meditations for various contexts.

Flex is a product created by female founders that provides a mess-free alternative for period sex, promoting women's health.

Deborah Cleaver from Vote.org aims to achieve 100% voter turnout, showcasing the impact of female founders in civic engagement.

The best part of the Y Combinator network is the willingness of alumni to help each other, making it a supportive community for founders.

If I could give one piece of advice to YC founders, it would be to engage with real users early on to gather valuable feedback, rather than perfecting the product in isolation. I think through what the world will look like if hundreds of thousands or millions of people were to use this product or service, which helps me imagine the future of the product.

We funded a few great Australian founders, including Dennis Mars, who worked with us at YC and went through YC twice, most recently with a company called Proxy, which simplifies office access using smartphones.

We invested in Go1, a marketplace for training videos and compliance content, which is the largest in Australia, providing video content to train employees.

Most eras before now would be pretty challenging for a non-white woman, but I think ancient Egypt would be fascinating, as well as witnessing the founding of the United States and the Constitution.

A bad co-founder relationship is infinitely worse than being a solo founder, as co-founder disputes often kill promising early-stage companies.

When evaluating applications, we look at how well the founders know each other and their history together, as a strong relationship is crucial for co-founding teams.

It's important for co-founders to know how they will respond to each other during conflicts, as the co-founder relationship is as significant as a long-term romantic relationship.