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Domonique Fines

Venture Scout, Zeal Capital Partners. On 1 show, 1 appearance. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.

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Domonique Fines directed flagship events at Y Combinator, including Demo Day, campus outreach tours, and the Female Founders Conference. She later joined diversity-focused nonprofit All Raise and co-founded When Founder Met Funder, connecting Black female entrepreneurs with venture capital investors.

What they said5 Shows1

Everything Domonique Fines said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.

Y COMBINATOR Assertion Supported

Fines: The Narrative That YC Lacks Women and Black People is False

“This misconception of there are no women at YC. There are no black people at YC. There's no, you know, there's all these things, and it's like when I'm working around with all these different people, it's like, it's definitely very diverse, and we're doing eve…”

Domonique Fines Mar 11, 2019 ▶ 9:36 YC's Director of Events Domonique Fines with Elpha CEO Cadran Cowansage · Y Combinator

Y COMBINATOR Disclosure

Fines: YC Brought the Oakland Raiders to Learn Investing at Demo Day

“One thing that I was super proud about that I was very passionate about was bringing in the Raiders, So I met with them and I got them to come to like some of our startup schools to like learn how to invest in companies and then also got them to come to our de…”

Domonique Fines Mar 11, 2019 ▶ 6:55 YC's Director of Events Domonique Fines with Elpha CEO Cadran Cowansage · Y Combinator

Y COMBINATOR Assertion Supported

Fines: Y Combinator Runs All Large-Scale Events With a One-Person Team

“Cause I don't think that people understand or realize we run a like really small, close knit team. And I appreciate that about YC, but I think that people feel like, or think like we have this entire events team. And they don't realize that I am the team.”

Domonique Fines Mar 11, 2019 ▶ 19:02 YC's Director of Events Domonique Fines with Elpha CEO Cadran Cowansage · Y Combinator

Y COMBINATOR Insight

Fines: Tech Events Prioritize Attendee Quality Over Raw Attendance Numbers

“For clubs, you kind of just want anybody there. Like you want someone to show up. You need that number. And for YC and for tech events, it's all about the quality and who we have come to the events and then the outcome of it.”

Domonique Fines Mar 11, 2019 ▶ 5:14 YC's Director of Events Domonique Fines with Elpha CEO Cadran Cowansage · Y Combinator

Y COMBINATOR Insight

Fines: People Can Work in Tech Without an Engineering Background

“You can be in tech and not be an engineer, or not have a tech background.”

Domonique Fines Mar 11, 2019 ▶ 10:51 YC's Director of Events Domonique Fines with Elpha CEO Cadran Cowansage · Y Combinator

One line per show, most statements first. The link opens Domonique's full record on that show: the calibration, argument clarity, speaking style and every statement made there.

Show	Role there	Eps	Statements	Record
Y COMBINATORLEDGER	Venture Scout, Zeal Capital Partners	1	5	100% 2/2	full record on the Y Combinator Startup Podcast →