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
