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Hi HN! This is a conversation we had on Elpha with Dr. Whitney Gaynor, CEO of Sinovia Technologies. Elpha is a community for women in tech to talk candidly onl

Hi HN! This is a conversation we had on Elpha with Dr. Whitney Gaynor, CEO of Sinovia Technologies. Elpha is a community for women in tech to talk candidly online and I'm the co-founder and CEO. Hope you enjoy the conversation! I'll be in the comments if you have any questions.

Isamu 8y ago
Very interesting discussion, especially with respect to experience with the SBIR program. And I like seeing hardware startups here. Thank you for posting.
- boiler_up800 8y ago
  Same. Our funding started with SBIR and it’s always nice to run into others.
elefanten 8y ago
How could one find posts like this without a direct link? Is there some portion of your posts that are public? Every action I try prompts me to sign up, but I do not meet the sign-up criteria. Just wondering if there's a still a way to passively view/read some portion of your content, without attempting to comment/participate. Cool AMA, thanks.
- cbcowans 8y ago
  Yes our main feed at https://elpha.com/top https://elpha.com/top. Thanks for the feedback we will add a more clear way to get back to the main feed from a specific post.
telesilla 8y ago
Hi, can you let me know why communities like yours demand a linked in profile to join? I use no social media whatsoever and it blocks me from enjoying communities such as yours. It makes me feel further isolated as a woman in tech who is also strongly privacy-oriented. I understand the need to verify, however could you provide a link perhaps where manual verification could be offered?
- cbcowans 8y ago
  You can add a link to a personal website or github profile instead. We'll update language to reflect that. Thanks for the feedback. Please do email us at hi@elpha if you've got other questions. Thanks.
  - telesilla 8y ago
    Please do. I asked this exact question a while ago and no change was made to the sign-up form. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19080420 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19080420

Isamu 8y ago

Very interesting discussion, especially with respect to experience with the SBIR program. And I like seeing hardware startups here. Thank you for posting.

boiler_up800 8y ago
Same. Our funding started with SBIR and it’s always nice to run into others.

elefanten 8y ago

How could one find posts like this without a direct link? Is there some portion of your posts that are public? Every action I try prompts me to sign up, but I do not meet the sign-up criteria. Just wondering if there's a still a way to passively view/read some portion of your content, without attempting to comment/participate. Cool AMA, thanks.

cbcowans 8y ago
Yes our main feed at https://elpha.com/top https://elpha.com/top. Thanks for the feedback we will add a more clear way to get back to the main feed from a specific post.

telesilla 8y ago

Hi, can you let me know why communities like yours demand a linked in profile to join? I use no social media whatsoever and it blocks me from enjoying communities such as yours. It makes me feel further isolated as a woman in tech who is also strongly privacy-oriented. I understand the need to verify, however could you provide a link perhaps where manual verification could be offered?

cbcowans 8y ago
You can add a link to a personal website or github profile instead. We'll update language to reflect that. Thanks for the feedback. Please do email us at hi@elpha if you've got other questions. Thanks.
- telesilla 8y ago
  Please do. I asked this exact question a while ago and no change was made to the sign-up form. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19080420 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19080420