Shows
You are techY - A Podcast for Moms New to TechEp. 67 - Creating Community for Tech Women with Cadran Cowansagepending
2021-03-1026 min
Real Talk with Ladies Who LaunchCadran Cowansage, founder of Elpha on building a virtual communityCadran moved to the West Coast and called herself a "Y Combinator fan kid." As a former women engineer, she was keen to build a virtual community for more female engineers like herself.. enter: Elpha!While Elpha started as a side project, the online community for women in tech has hosted over 35,000 women worldwide. Listen now to hear Cadran's journey from building and rapidly the Elpha community, how they have pivoted during the pandemic, and her message for Michelle Obama!Tune in to more Real Talk episodes for community, inspiration and education at www.ladieswholaunch.org
2020-10-2940 min
Series TeaCadran Cowansage: Building communityThis week we're having tea with Cadran Cowansage. Cadran is the CEO and founder of Elpha, an online community for women in tech. Prior to founding Elpha, Cadran was an Engineering lead at Y Combinator and Senior Software Engineer at Mongo DB.
In this episode, Cadran shares:
1:55: How to know if building community makes sense for your company
5:05: What resources you need to invest in community building
8:45: Tactics to get a new community off the ground
13:10: How to building and monetize a healthy community
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2020-04-2821 min
Digitale Optimisten | Geschäftsideen, Tech-Talk, Interviews#10 Cadran, wie(so) baust du das bessere LinkedIn für Frauen?Wie können die Voraussetzungen für Frauen in der Tech-Szene des Silicon Valley verbessert werden? Cadran Cowansage von Elpha baut eine ambitionierte Community auf und hat dafür schon mehrere Millionen Dollar, u.a. vom Y-Combinator eingesammelt.
2020-04-261h 02
Forward Thinking Founders013 - Cadran Cowansage (Cofounder and CEO of Elpha) on the Future of Women in TechI had an awesome conversation with Cadran Cowansage, who is the cofounder and CEO of Elpha, an online community for women In tech. Elpha is going through the current YC batch. In today's enlightening episode, we dive into:- What is Elpha?- What problems does it address?- Is Elpha a movement more than a product? - How can founders can think about making sure there is equal representation among applicants?- What are the benefits and downsides of n...
2019-07-0928 min
Y Combinator Startup Podcast#116 - Domonique Fines and Cadran CowansageDomonique Fines is the Director of Events at YC.Cadran Cowansage is the cofounder and CEO of Elpha. Elpha is a private online community for women in tech.Join Elpha to read Dom's AMA.You can find Dom on Twitter at @domoniquefines and Cadran at @cadran_c.***Topics00:30 - Dom’s intro00:50 - How Dom started in events and her background2:25 - Deciding to not go to law school3:55 - Choosing to work on tech events6:00...
2019-03-1121 min