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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 10 Jan 2014

    Female Founders: http://paulgraham.com/ff.html 

    12:07 PM - 10 Jan 2014
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      2. Mike Sugarbaker‏ @misuba 10 Jan 2014
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg has YC considered funding any nonprofits that are looking for answers to the questions in your second-to-last paragraph?

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      3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 10 Jan 2014
        Replying to @misuba

        @misuba Yes, one of the nonprofits in the current batch is.

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      4. Mike Sugarbaker‏ @misuba 10 Jan 2014
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg awesome! (I'd venture that you might mention that in an addendum to this essay.)

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      2. Simen Sommerfeldt‏ @sisomm 11 Jan 2014
        Replying to @paulg

        Flere jenter må få oppdage IT slik at vi får flere ledere som @krohntraaseth RT @paulg: Female Founders: http://paulgraham.com/ff.html  #kidsakoder

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      3. Anita Krohn Traaseth‏ @KrohnTraaseth 11 Jan 2014
        Replying to @sisomm

        @sisomm @paulg it bransjen er suveren for damer som vil ha ekstra fleksibilitet og vil ha lederjobb!

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      1.  🗡cori ist der Jäger 🗝‏ @iroc 10 Jan 2014
        Replying to @paulg

        .@paulg You don’t need to solve the pipeline problem, but you could be helping right now with attrition: enforce a Code of Conduct on HN.

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      1. jodiolson‏ @jodiolson 10 Jan 2014
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        “@paulg: Female Founders: http://paulgraham.com/ff.html ” Thoughtful post about a sensitive and complex issue.

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      2. Grace Sai‏ @GraceSai 10 Jan 2014
        Replying to @paulg

        “@paulg: Female Founders: http://paulgraham.com/ff.html ” 46% of @hubsg members:female. More female founders in #socent vs othr startup sectors.Why?

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      1. Lora Kolodny‏Verified account @lorakolodny 10 Jan 2014
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        @paulg I especially like point [4]

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      1. Jonathan Kerr‏ @Jonkerr65 13 Jan 2014
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        @grapesodapin & @lauratrench RT "@paulg: Female Founders: http://paulgraham.com/ff.html " You can do it!

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      1. Dannie‏ @DannieHD 11 Jan 2014
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        @paulg as a female founder, I find this post interesting. It has some really good points that make a lot of sense. Thank you :)

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      1. Mike Hay‏ @Hay 11 Jan 2014
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        @paulg @geekanddad missed opportunity. if only the name of the file were ffs.html ;)

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      1. Rebecca Garcia‏Verified account @geekgirlweb 10 Jan 2014
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        @paulg @pvm send kids over to @CoderDojo :) esp @CoderDojoNYC http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwDlqfLGjxg …

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      1. Ms. Tara N. Tula‏ @Tarakiyee 10 Jan 2014
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        .@paulg Instead of going on the defensive, can't you just apologize for saying the sexist thing and try to understand why its so bad?

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      1. Marcus Hauer‏ @mhauer 10 Jan 2014
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        24% of the companies in the current YC batch have female founders. “@paulg: Female Founders: http://paulgraham.com/ff.html ”

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      1. 1974anon‏ @1974anon 15 Jan 2014
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg possible to make "Notes:" numbered hyper-links take you back to main text?

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      1. Tessa Ann Taylor‏ @c0d3rgirl 14 Jan 2014
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg However, because I don't believe in criticism without suggestion, here's mine: http://blog.c0d3rgirl.com/2014/01/i-cant-find-women-because-they-dont.html …

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      1. Tessa Ann Taylor‏ @c0d3rgirl 14 Jan 2014
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        @paulg Though I appreciate the sentiment, this reads a little "I'm not racist because I have black friends."

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      1. Idit Harel‏ @Idit 11 Jan 2014
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        “We fund more female founders than VCs, 2overcome bias they'll encounter among investors" @paulg: Female Founders: http://paulgraham.com/ff.html 

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