Y Combinator Interview Tips: YC’s 10 Minutes of Love and Death
You got a YC interview?! Congrats! Don’t screw it up! (LOL but not). The internet has a bevy of tips on how not to do so. Let’s review the best ones to bring out the bro in you and ace your chances of dominating the world. Overall: Introduce yourselves in...Why Women Invest in Women, Men Invest in Men, and Vegans invest in Vegans. How Homophily has Transformed Silicon Valley.
This is a follow up to my Twitter thread on Why Women Fund Women. In short, the reason women investors are more likely to invest in women founders is because as humans we have a propensity towards homophily — the tendency for like to attract like and for...
How to Raise a Seed Round in Latin America Without Being Stupid
As Silicon Valley Eyes Latin America, it’s Critical for Latin American Founders to Understand What Outside Investors Can Offer – and What They Can’t Silicon Valley has a long history of knowing little about Latin America. Ask me how I know. When I left my home state...
The Venture Capital Investor Who Stepped in So Her Pregnant Woman Founder Could Take a Parental Leave
(originally published in Business Insider) When I called up my pregnant woman founder’s husband and said that I wanted to throw his wife a Zoom baby shower, he said, “Great!” When I then said I wanted to surprise her during the baby shower with an unusual proposal to...
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