#116 - Domonique Fines and Cadran Cowansage

Y Combinator Startup Podcast - Een podcast door Y Combinator

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Domonique Fines is the Director of Events at YC.

Cadran Cowansage is the cofounder and CEO of Elpha. Elpha is a private online community for women in tech.

Join Elpha to read Dom's AMA.

You can find Dom on Twitter at @domoniquefines and Cadran at @cadran_c.

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Topics

00:30 - Dom’s intro

00:50 - How Dom started in events and her background

2:25 - Deciding to not go to law school

3:55 - Choosing to work on tech events

6:00 - Outreach to underrepresented founders

9:15 - Common misconceptions about getting into tech

10:35 - University outreach

11:55 - Identifying problems to fix and not being blocked

14:35 - Reflecting on accomplishments

15:40 - Dom’s career plans

17:10 - Will Dom do a startup?

17:35 - Avoiding burnout

20:55 - The importance of just getting started

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