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Female founders explain what it takes to start your own company

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In February, Y Combinator hosted its second annual Female Founders Conference. Women who have helped found companies that Y Combinator has backed were invited to come and speak about their experiences founding a startup.

After the conference, Gregory Koberger, the founder of developer hub ReadMe.io, and software engineer Kim Pham created a book of elaborate doodle notes based on the advice of each founder who spoke at YC's event.

We've compiled those notes of advice here. 

Danielle Morrill, CEO and cofounder of startup intelligence platform Mattermark

YC founder advice
Gregory Koberger and Kim Pham

Olga Vidisheva, founder and CEO of e-commerce website Shoptiques

YC founder advice
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Tracy Young, cofounder of construction app PlanGrid

YC founder advice
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Jessica Livingston, founding partner at seed stage venture firm Y Combinator

female founders advice
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Ruchi Sanghvi, Facebook's first female engineer and the founder of collaboration startup Cove

female founders advice
Kim Pham and Gregory Koberger

Kimberly Bryant, founder of programming initiative Black Girls Code

female founders advice
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Grace Garey, founder of crowdfunding healthcare startup Watsi

female founders advice
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Adora Cheung, cofounder and CEO of cleaning startup Homejoy

female founders advice
Kim Pham and Gregory Koberger

YC's female founders fundraising panel, featuring Mattermark's Danielle Morrill, Clara Labs' Maran Nelson, Apptimize's Nancy Hua, Front's Mathilde Collin, and Susan Johnson, formerly of Facebook

YC founder advice
Gregory Koberger and Kim Pham

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Maya was a tech reporter at Business Insider, writing primarily about startups and venture capital. She graduated from Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications in 2014 with a degree in magazine journalism.