.@sama also kill fucking hacker news because it is a disgusting cesspool of misogyny.

RT @sama: question for current and potential female founders--what could YC do to encourage you to start companies? sam@ycombinator.com

Cis-normative question. MT @sama: question for current and potential female founders--what could YC do to encourage you to start companies?

@rosalieinc @sama We already did! ;) YC was not an option because of its intensive nature - we need support while building organizations...

@sama @ycombinator oh, heavens, where to even begin? THANK YOU for asking, for starters.

@sama but since you asked, I'll think about it. In the meantime, intrigued to know what you find out... but more so, what you DO about it.

@sama I think many women believe they would not be accepted into YC, and therefore don't apply (I've heard this many times). If you did ...

@sama ...more blind screening and publicized the change, you'd see your pipeline of applicants change. We did this for the LS conference ...

@sama and saw marked, immediate improvement. Happy to chat about it or help any way I can.

@sama biggest issue is access to female-friendly seed and VCs. Only 4% of VC's are and many of the men don't "get" women oriented products