Future Founders Conference</a> for women who aspire to become a startup founder. The event will be online, and whether you are curious about launching your own startup or are in the early stages of building one, you’ll walk away with the knowledge to define your own path.</p>\n<p>Attendees will meet YC partners, our alumnae, and other entrepreneurial women. The one-day event will feature talks and panels (agenda <a href=https://www.ycombinator.com/"http://ffc2020.ycombinator.com//">here), followed by breakout rooms with experts. Speakers will share their honest accounts of entrepreneurship, as well as essential startup advice.</p>\n<p>Speakers include:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jessica Livingston, Co-founder of Y Combinator </li>\n<li>Jess Lee, Founder of <a href=https://www.ycombinator.com/"http://blog.polyvore.com/2018/04/some-big-news-for-our-polyfam.html/">Polyvore, Partner at <a href=https://www.ycombinator.com/"https://www.sequoiacap.com//">Sequoia Capital</a> </li>\n<li>Anu Hariharan, Partner at <a href=https://www.ycombinator.com/"https://www.ycombinator.com/continuity//">YC Continuity</a> </li>\n<li>Kat Mañalac, Partner at YC </li>\n<li>Adora Cheung, Partner at YC and Co-founder of <a href=https://www.ycombinator.com/"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homejoy/">Homejoy </li>\n<li>Tracy Young, Co-founder of <a href=https://www.ycombinator.com/"https://www.plangrid.com//">Plangrid </li>\n<li>Erika Hairston, Co-founder of <a href=https://www.ycombinator.com/"https://edlyft.com//">Edlyft </li>\n<li>Cadran Cowansage, Co-founder of <a href=https://www.ycombinator.com/"https://elpha.com//">Elpha/n
Christina Cacioppo, Founder of <a href=https://www.ycombinator.com/"https://www.vanta.com//">Vanta </li>\n<li>Pamela Valdes, Co-founder of <a href=https://www.ycombinator.com/"https://www.beek.io//">Beek </li>\n<li>(And more to come!)</li>\n</ul>\n<p>If you’d like to attend, apply <a href=https://www.ycombinator.com/"http://ffc2020.ycombinator.com//">here by November 9. If your application is accepted, you’ll receive a confirmation email within two weeks. This event is for women who are curious about starting a startup or have just started one. It will be particularly useful for women with science, engineering, or product management backgrounds, or with specific domain expertise that could turn into a startup.</p>\n<p>The Future Founder Conference is an evolution of Y Combinator’s <a href=https://www.ycombinator.com/"https://www.femalefoundersconference.org//">Female Founders Conference</a>. Since 2014, the Female Founders Conference has helped women who want to start and run their own startups. We believe creating a platform where successful women can share their stories and advice with founders who are just getting started is one way to bring about even more successful women-led companies. Through the Future Founders Conference, we will evolve the event to bring together even more communities, like prospective Latinx founders and Black founders. Stay tuned!</p>\n<p>We need more women-founded startups, and we hope to see you on November 18. 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The event will be online, and whether you are curious about launching\nyour own startup or are in the early stages of building one, you’ll walk away\nwith the knowledge to define your own path.\n\nAttendees will meet YC partners, our alumnae, and other entrepreneurial women.\nThe one-day event will feature talks and panels (agenda here\n[http://ffc2020","reading_time":1,"access":true,"og_image":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"twitter_image":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"meta_title":null,"meta_description":null,"email_subject":null,"frontmatter":null,"feature_image_alt":null,"feature_image_caption":null},"mentions":[],"related_posts":[{"id":"61fe29f1c7139e0001a71be6","uuid":"bc8c7121-4029-4947-aebe-6bc3739a35a9","title":"Watch 30 founder pitches from YC's GTM Jobs Expo","slug":"watch-30-founder-pitches-from-ycs-gtm-jobs-expo","html":"<!--kg-card-begin: html--><p>Y Combinator hosted our first <a href=https://www.ycombinator.com/"https://www.workatastartup.com/events/2021-gtm-expo/">Go-To-Market Jobs Expo in March</a>, and we’re now posting the founder pitches on <a href=https://www.ycombinator.com/"https://www.workatastartup.com//">Work at a Startup</a>.</p>\n<p>At the event, 30 fast-growing YC startups shared more about their companies and open roles. Startups include:</p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=https://www.ycombinator.com/"https://www.workatastartup.com/companies/vanta/">Vanta (S18)</a></strong> helps companies protect their consumer data from data breaches and security issues. They’ve raised a $50M Series A due to their strong product-market fit and are hiring in all roles — engineering, product, sales, marketing, and more.</li>\n<li><strong><a href=https://www.ycombinator.com/"https://www.workatastartup.com/companies/berbix/">Berbix (W18)</a></strong> allows companies to do ID checks online, all as a platform. Covid has accelerated the adoption of their tech across the internet, and their founders solved the same problems as employees at Airbnb. They’re hiring for sales, BDR, and product, as well as engineering.</li>\n<li><strong><a href=https://www.ycombinator.com/"https://www.workatastartup.com/companies/openphone/">OpenPhone (S18)</a></strong> recently raised $14M to build the next generation business phone — all from an app. They’re growing by word-of-mouth and are using the money to hire in all functions, including tech, sales, growth, and support/services.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>View all the pitches on Work at Startup and create a profile to connect directly with founders:</p>\n<p><a href=https://www.ycombinator.com/"https://www.workatastartup.com/events/2021-gtm-expo/">https://www.workatastartup.com/events/2021-gtm-expoOn November 18, we are hosting our first Future Founders Conference for women who aspire to become a startup founder. The event will be online, and whether you are curious about launching your own startup or are in the early stages of building one, you’ll walk away with the knowledge to define your own path.
Attendees will meet YC partners, our alumnae, and other entrepreneurial women. The one-day event will feature talks and panels (agenda here), followed by breakout rooms with experts. Speakers will share their honest accounts of entrepreneurship, as well as essential startup advice.
Speakers include:
- Jessica Livingston, Co-founder of Y Combinator
- Jess Lee, Founder of Polyvore, Partner at Sequoia Capital
- Anu Hariharan, Partner at YC Continuity
- Kat Mañalac, Partner at YC
- Adora Cheung, Partner at YC and Co-founder of Homejoy
- Tracy Young, Co-founder of Plangrid
- Erika Hairston, Co-founder of Edlyft
- Cadran Cowansage, Co-founder of Elpha
- Christina Cacioppo, Founder of Vanta
- Pamela Valdes, Co-founder of Beek
- (And more to come!)
If you’d like to attend, apply here by November 9. If your application is accepted, you’ll receive a confirmation email within two weeks. This event is for women who are curious about starting a startup or have just started one. It will be particularly useful for women with science, engineering, or product management backgrounds, or with specific domain expertise that could turn into a startup.
The Future Founder Conference is an evolution of Y Combinator’s Female Founders Conference. Since 2014, the Female Founders Conference has helped women who want to start and run their own startups. We believe creating a platform where successful women can share their stories and advice with founders who are just getting started is one way to bring about even more successful women-led companies. Through the Future Founders Conference, we will evolve the event to bring together even more communities, like prospective Latinx founders and Black founders. Stay tuned!
We need more women-founded startups, and we hope to see you on November 18. If you have questions, please reach out to Events Director Lindsay Selvitelle at ls@ycombinator.com.
