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TL;DR: Do the things others tell you are impossible!
@nelly_ans & I at 23 & 24 raised $1.4M for @TheEdlyft to disrupt who becomes an engineer.
1/ Our raise began days before shelter-in-place. I knew raising would be tough, but during a pandemic... http://bit.ly/edlyft-forbes
@nelly_ans & I at 23 & 24 raised $1.4M for @TheEdlyft to disrupt who becomes an engineer.
1/ Our raise began days before shelter-in-place. I knew raising would be tough, but during a pandemic... http://bit.ly/edlyft-forbes
2/ was simply unprecedented.
Despite global uncertainty, @nelly_ans & I felt in our hearts that our work with @TheEdlyft only became that much more important. This pushed us to achieve what felt impossible, to launch our biz at the start of COVID.
Despite global uncertainty, @nelly_ans & I felt in our hearts that our work with @TheEdlyft only became that much more important. This pushed us to achieve what felt impossible, to launch our biz at the start of COVID.
4/ Studying Computer Science changed our lives, & like fundraising, felt impossible at one point as well.
As two young women of color, given the stats, we'd been told we couldn't do both at one point before-- which reminded me -- WE MUST.
As two young women of color, given the stats, we'd been told we couldn't do both at one point before-- which reminded me -- WE MUST.
5/ We know way more people can learn in-demand skills when given the right tools & environment.
That’s why we built @TheEdlyft , bc society too often tells us what we can’t do and instead,
We want to build tech that shatters the boundaries of what you thought you could do.
That’s why we built @TheEdlyft , bc society too often tells us what we can’t do and instead,
We want to build tech that shatters the boundaries of what you thought you could do.
Shoutout to our students, mentors, earliest supporters & of course welcome to our newest investors:
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10% of our investors I met on @Twitter ! When you don't have the key to the front door, find the back. Or as Queen Michelle Obama says, pull up your own a seat to the table
Lastly, ty @khadidjafares_ for tagging me in @mamoonha 's tweet which led to @kleinerperkins investing.
Lastly, ty @khadidjafares_ for tagging me in @mamoonha 's tweet which led to @kleinerperkins investing.
