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Erica Jensen

Co-Founder, The Flex Company. On 1 show, 1 appearance. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.

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Jensen co-founded The Flex Company, a feminine hygiene startup known for its menstrual disc that participated in Y Combinator. Prior to Flex, she led e-commerce marketing for the sexual wellness brand Jimmyjane and was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list.

What they said4 Shows1

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

Y COMBINATOR Insight

Jensen: Assuming fundraising is harder for women concedes the upper hand

“You don't want to go into a negotiation or into a meeting thinking like, oh, this is going to be harder for me because I'm a woman, because you're giving that person the upper hand.”

Erica Jensen Aug 16, 2017 ▶ 15:17 Founders of Science Exchange, Goldbely, and The Flex Company Discuss Fundraising · Y Combinator

Y COMBINATOR Insight

Jensen: The first check is the hardest to close in fundraising

“I think the first check is the hardest check you're ever going to close, and that was for sure a really solid nine. And everything beyond that was kind of a four.”

Erica Jensen Aug 16, 2017 ▶ 4:15 Founders of Science Exchange, Goldbely, and The Flex Company Discuss Fundraising · Y Combinator

Y COMBINATOR Insight

Jensen: Do not make Sequoia your first pitch meeting

“If Sequoia is your, like, super hot dream boat, don't set that up as your first meeting. Go in to, like, find an angel that you're also interested in, but, like, it's not your number one pick, and start practicing there, and ask them, like, what metrics do you…”

Erica Jensen Aug 16, 2017 ▶ 11:44 Founders of Science Exchange, Goldbely, and The Flex Company Discuss Fundraising · Y Combinator

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Jensen: Fundraising is like hiring because founders must align with investors

“Fundraising is a lot like hiring. Like, you really want to align yourself with people that you want to continue working with, and that you genuinely like.”

Erica Jensen Aug 16, 2017 ▶ 5:25 Founders of Science Exchange, Goldbely, and The Flex Company Discuss Fundraising · Y Combinator

One line per show, most statements first. The link opens Erica'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	Co-Founder, The Flex Company	1	4	—	full record on the Y Combinator Startup Podcast →