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Ask HN: How to find a woman technical co-founder?

by AltonWells on 8/9/21, 10:29 PM with 27 comments

My partner is brilliant woman who’s taken an MVP pretty far. She’s looking for a woman co-founder because it’s a platform primarily targeted a women and wants the synergy/empathy that comes with that. She tried co-founder matching but to little success, does anyone have any ideas???

  • by giantg2 on 8/9/21, 11:00 PM

    Sounds a little sexist, maybe with good intentions. Maybe it's time to look for the best qualified candidate regardless of sex?

    Edit: Why downvote? Isn't this the same logic touted by equality organizations?

  • by bsldld on 8/10/21, 5:18 PM

    I think https://elpha.com would be a place to look for help.

  • by memset on 8/10/21, 2:12 AM

    YC itself has a service for finding cofounders. I myself have not used it, but if she hasn’t taken a look it’s worth a mention: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27750298

  • by softwaredoug on 8/9/21, 11:08 PM

    Is there someone from the customer base that really believes in the startups mission she could hire? Someone that's really technical?

  • by ipaddr on 8/10/21, 2:08 AM

    What is the story of pretty far? Did she find market fit and needs to scale? What kind of challenges is she facing?

  • by danhackerino on 8/10/21, 9:29 AM

    Sounds great.

    I'm currently also seeking a technical co-founder for my start-up, I'm looking exclusively for white men.