[jl]

"We didn't think we were what YC was looking for..."

I'm so glad you took the time to apply! Your idea was slightly different back then, but I remember how impressive you were during the YC interview. As you said in your application:

  Among the members of the founding team we have domain 
  expertise in recruiting; in content creation and promotion; 
  and in directly engaging with women ages 20-­35. What's 
  more, we've been working in this specific field (job 
  opportunities and career advice for professional women) 
  for the last year, and the response from women has been 
  unbelievable. Our user testimonials sometimes verge on 
  the fanatical.

We could tell when we met you that you really understood the business you were in. You were exactly what YC looks for.

[KMinshew]

Thanks so much Jessica- we're so glad we did. YC was an unbelievably valuable experience. To the commenter below who asked how YC changed us & our company, there's not much that's more useful to an early, growing company than getting to spend time with people like Jessica & PG, and having their regular/honest feedback on what's working (and what's not). I'll try to write more about that here later.

[uiboss]

Ms. Minshew, would you mind answering the question that how specifically targeting women for jobs is not sexist in itself? What if you could find perfect male candidate for a particular position than women applicants ? Do you think its fair to pass on such opportunity for male candidate because he is male ?