Hong (@quan) and Joyce (@troutgirl) talk about 106miles, the realities of Silicon Valley ecosystem, women in technology, and how to succeed in a more gender balanced economy. Topics include: getting into tech (00:51), dramatic firing (01:54), getting into entrepreneurship (02:36), what is 106miles (04:07), the hard truth about some VCs (04:35), sudden health changes (06:07), how 106miles helps with tackling hard issues (07:10), realities of the entrepreneurship journey (08:11), how failure in Silicon Valley isn't really failure (10:05), how to nurture your confidence (12:02), how to pick good startup ideas and business models (16:36), what to tell the next generation of founders (21:22), examples of women centric businesses (23:35), on dealing with historically based gender biases (24:35), on female VCs/CTOs/cofounders today (26:10).
Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/_o_wrG0NnqE