Founder Friday is a Women 2.0 event that creates and strengthens networks among aspiring entrepreneurs, current entrepreneurs and investors in cities around the world. To kick-off the Las Vegas Founder Friday event on March 7, 2014, Ticket Cake COO and co-founder Jacqueline Jensen brings the group 5 takeaways in 5 minutes from Y Combinator's first Female Founder Conference.

1. Jacqueline Jensen
COO & Co-Founder
TicketCake.com
@JackieMJensen
Women 2.0
Founder Friday Las Vegas
#FFLV
March 7, 2014

2. 5 Takeaways in
5 Minutes
Y Combinator’s first Female
Founders Conference
TicketCake.com/blog //
Women 2.0, Founder Friday Las Vegas
@JackieMJensen at #FFLV
March 7, 2014

3. #1 - Don’t apologize for being a
business-savvy founder.
When Jessica Mah, co-founder and CEO of
InDinero, was told she had a "strong personality"
and to tone it down by another woman in the tech
space, Jessica turned the criticism into fuel to
grow her business.
"Having a 'strong personality' just means I'm just
unapologetically confident.”
Women 2.0, Founder Friday Las Vegas
@JackieMJensen at #FFLV
March 7, 2014

4. #2. Skip the hot tub and live lean.
Not Jessica Mah’s office…
but you get the idea.
Women 2.0, Founder Friday Las Vegas
@JackieMJensen at #FFLV
March 7, 2014

5. #3 - Female founder events are
happening... because they can. Support
them!
Y Combinator co-founder Jessica Livingston said
the conference was an exclusively female event
because it could be. It was the most oversubscribed event in YC history!
Attend events and build relationships. When
women see other women as movers and
shakers, there will be more representation
around the conference room tables.
Women 2.0, Founder Friday Las Vegas
@JackieMJensen at #FFLV
March 7, 2014

6. #4 – Six characteristics of
successful entrepreneurs
determination //
empathy //
can withstand rejection //
they make something people want //
live cheaply to extend their runway //
focus, focus, focus //
Women 2.0, Founder Friday Las Vegas
@JackieMJensen at #FFLV
March 7, 2014

7. #5. Be grateful at every stage.
"You are here at Y Combinator's event. In
Mountain View. You are really living life.
Enjoy the ride.” -- Co-founder of HireArt Elli
Sharef
There is a lot to be grateful for when
building something from nothing.
Women 2.0, Founder Friday Las Vegas
@JackieMJensen at #FFLV
March 7, 2014