YC's Director of Events Domonique Fines with Elpha CEO Cadran Cowansage
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Domonique Fines is the Director of Events at YC.
https://twitter.com/domoniquefines
Cadran Cowansage is the cofounder and CEO of Elpha. Elpha is a private online community for women in tech.
https://twitter.com/cadran_c
https://elpha.com/
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Topics
00:05 - Dom’s intro
00:25 - How Dom started in events and her background
2:00 - Deciding to not go to law school
3:30 - Choosing to work on tech events
5:35 - Outreach to underrepresented founders
8:50 - Common misconceptions about getting into tech
10:10 - University outreach
11:20 - Identifying problems to fix and not being blocked
14:10 - Reflecting on accomplishments
15:05 - Dom’s career plans
16:40 - Will Dom do a startup?
17:10 - Avoiding burnout
20:20 - The importance of just getting started
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Chapters (13)
0:05
Dom’s intro
0:25
How Dom started in events and her background
2:00
Deciding to not go to law school
3:30
Choosing to work on tech events
5:35
Outreach to underrepresented founders
8:50
Common misconceptions about getting into tech
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University outreach
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Identifying problems to fix and not being blocked
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Reflecting on accomplishments
15:05
Dom’s career plans
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Will Dom do a startup?
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Avoiding burnout
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The importance of just getting started
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