5:03Cadran Cowansage Announces Leap at the Seattle Female Founders Conference
From Y Combinator · Published Jul 22, 2018 · Watch on YouTube
TL;DR
The speaker created Leap, a private online network for women in tech, because she lacked a space for open, civil conversation. She validated the idea with YC colleagues, then expanded to female founders, friends, and organizations supporting women.
Key insights
- The speaker was motivated by the observation that online conversations escalate to shouting matches, causing women to opt out.
- The idea for Leap originated at the first Female Founders Conference, where she realized how many smart, driven women in tech actually exist.
- Leap started as a small experiment with YC colleagues to validate demand before scaling.
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