I think this is an excellent essay. I would add: different people have different problems; the best ideas for companies come from people fed up with working ar

I think this is an excellent essay. I would add: different people have different problems; the best ideas for companies come from people fed up with working around their problems; so the world needs a wide variety of entrepreneurs to move the ball forward. I enjoyed my YC experience, but it was 100% male, IIRC. YC was for me a social exercise, and as in most social exercises, the more perspectives you can canvas the better; and YC participants started by women would bring new perspectives. I would also encourage older people to give it a shot, too, but that's a topic for a different post.