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by divya 11y ago
The important point Ivan makes here is that the real question is "will YC increase the probability that my company will succeed." This is different from the "how much will YC increase my valuation." I get this questio
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Rickshaw (YC W14) Is Hiring a Logistics Manager(gorickshaw.com)
1 points by divya 12y ago
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by divya 12y ago
i ordered these meals last week; the quality was better than any meal service i've tried, including fully cooked (micrawave/oven reheat) meals. The problem with other meal services is that when meat and fish are pre-cooked and th
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by divya 12y ago
Ooshma, founder of Gobble who has a quick cameo in this video, is a total boss. The quality of women founders in YC is phenomenal, I'm proud to be associated. Though this is an extremely random TV spot, and I think it would be more i
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by divya 13y ago
Great response, you articulated a lot of my thoughts here much better than I could have. Creating different rules for different people is insidious. It's very very difficult for an individual to know whether or not they are an actua
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by divya 13y ago
I totally agree - my point was that in many places outside of SV/tech, there are much bigger discrimination issues than the "men's work policies" issue. Sadly, it sounds like you've found the same to be true.
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by divya 13y ago
Nugget of truth buried in the [fun but not-too-novel] article: "real progress in the workplace, for women and men, will come when more men forge flexible work schedules and wash dishes in front of their children, then turn those experiences
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Mom Entrepreneurs Are Going to Eat Your Lunch(huffingtonpost.com)
4 points by divya 14y ago|0 comments
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by divya 15y ago
true! i've done both - had a baby when my startup was 3 years old, and it made parenting much easier to have gone through that whole everything-at-stake emotional roller coaster once before. I had the same partner in both ventures, so it w
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by divya 15y ago
Wrong. While one of the products Trulia offers is a subscription service for realtors, Trulia is independent and committed to providing the most accurate information to consumers (I'm YC founder from '06, and a am now a product lead at Tru
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by divya 15y ago
Great post! The thing that really rang true was the part about the fundraising/depression/derailment, and how that can lead a start-up to consider some random/terrible offers that would otherwise be totally bogus. Paul talked us off a few
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by divya 16y ago
this thing is adorable. i smile every time i tab past the IEEE article in my browser. now you've just gotta get Beyonce to sing about it (a la "video phone") and you'll be in business.
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by divya 19y ago
I wrote a blog post about this awhile back: http://divyab.livejournal.com/5855.html the post is somewhat rough, preachy, and jumps around a little bit. I would probably write it differently now after a year of start-up-ing. Also, feel f