Domonique Fines

Venture Scout, Zeal Capital Partners · 1 appearance on the record.

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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.

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The record, in short

What the tape says about how Domonique argues and how the claims held up. Everything they said, and everything said about them, is in the tabs below.

Their most notable supported claim

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

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Everything Domonique Fines said on the Y Combinator Startup Podcast that made the record, most notable first. Filter by type, assessment or year in the ledger →

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
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
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
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
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

Appearances (1)

EpisodeDateSpeaking time
YC's Director of Events Domonique Fines with Elpha CEO Cadran Cowansage · Y Combinator Mar 11, 2019 14m
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