Hacker News: mariedm

New comment by mariedm in "My community dedicated to Women Makers is launching a hackathon"

mariedm — Tue, 01 Mar 2022 15:06:11 +0000

Hi HN! I recently opened registrations for the Women Make 30-Day Challenge. I'm inviting members of the HN community who'd like to ship a project. Everybody is welcome, and there is no competition. This is an opportunity to motivate yourself, work among others, and achieve to build & launch something in a month.

My community dedicated to Women Makers is launching a hackathon

mariedm — Tue, 01 Mar 2022 15:02:55 +0000

Article URL: https://womenmake.com/30-day-challenge

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30514987

Points: 4

# Comments: 1

The computers rejecting your job application

mariedm — Mon, 08 Feb 2021 17:49:52 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-55932977

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26067732

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by mariedm in "Show HN: Simplify tracking progress in your startup"

mariedm — Tue, 22 Dec 2020 18:32:26 +0000

I like the clean UI. Are you planning to add more integrations in the future?

Women and Leadership: Looking Beyond the Global Health Crisis

mariedm — Tue, 24 Nov 2020 15:16:58 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/17/business/women-leaders-pandemic.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25199184

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

The new world needs diverse founders more than ever

mariedm — Fri, 13 Nov 2020 11:10:16 +0000

Article URL: https://sifted.eu/articles/diversity-inclusion-coronavirus/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25081124

Points: 2

# Comments: 2

New comment by mariedm in "A list of what Women Makers shipped in 30 days"

mariedm — Tue, 03 Nov 2020 15:23:06 +0000

Hello HN, I’m the person behind Women Make, a community for women founders and makers. In October I organized an online hackathon. Participants had 30 days to build and ship something. 160+ people registered and it resulted in dozens of projects launched at the end of the month!

A list of what Women Makers shipped in 30 days

mariedm — Tue, 03 Nov 2020 15:22:44 +0000

Article URL: https://womenmake.com/30-day-challenge-2020-projects

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24980416

Points: 18

# Comments: 6

Black entrepreneurs receive just 0.24% of capital in the UK

mariedm — Tue, 03 Nov 2020 14:57:46 +0000

Article URL: https://sifted.eu/articles/black-entrepreneurs-vc-funding/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24980152

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by mariedm in "Women of HN, how about shipping something new in 30 days?"

mariedm — Tue, 22 Sep 2020 14:58:53 +0000

Hi HN! 8 months ago I posted on Show HN about a project of mine, a space I built for women entrepreneurs and makers, and received a lot of great feedback [1]. At the time, it helped me to get new members. The community is still growing and we are almost 900 today! Next month, I’m organizing a hackathon called Just F*ing Ship It [2]. The concept: 30 days to build and launch something. Can be anything as long as you finish before October 31st. It’s the perfect opportunity to get things done! Who’s in?

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22128385

[2] https://womenmake.com/30-day-challenge-2020

Women of HN, how about shipping something new in 30 days?

mariedm — Tue, 22 Sep 2020 14:56:47 +0000

Article URL: https://womenmake.com/30-day-challenge-2020

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24555145

Points: 4

# Comments: 2

Women and the Future of Media

mariedm — Thu, 16 Apr 2020 14:07:57 +0000

Article URL: https://laetitiaatwork.substack.com/p/women-and-the-future-of-media

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22889499

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

How to Find a Remote Job?

mariedm — Wed, 15 Apr 2020 13:37:38 +0000

Article URL: https://womenmake.com/posts/wfGXRFysip/how-to-find-a-remote-job

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22877516

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

Biggest Misconceptions about Coding

mariedm — Sat, 04 Apr 2020 13:30:52 +0000

Article URL: https://medium.com/women-make/12-biggest-misconceptions-about-coding-part-one-63ea9ec45c32

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22778103

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by mariedm in "Show HN: I built a community for women entrepreneurs and makers"

mariedm — Fri, 24 Jan 2020 19:02:02 +0000

I started with a Telegram group so I was relying on an existing infrastructure at first. Then when the community got bigger, I thought we needed a website, as an extension of our private group. I don't think it would have make a lot of sense to create a new group on another platform like Facebook or Reddit (since we were already using one).

New comment by mariedm in "Show HN: I built a community for women entrepreneurs and makers"

mariedm — Thu, 23 Jan 2020 21:12:33 +0000

Thank you, I'm using webshot-node (which relies on PhantomJS) but I might actually change. It doesn't always work well. There are different options (like waiting for the website to respond, or waiting for a specific amount of time), but even by tweaking those parameters it's not always reliable. I might give a try to capture-website soon.

New comment by mariedm in "Show HN: I built a community for women entrepreneurs and makers"

mariedm — Thu, 23 Jan 2020 17:58:30 +0000

"What would that be?", what do you mean by that? What I'm trying to say is that obviously I identify myself better with other women. And I want to be able to find other women entrepreneurs specifically because we face certain common issues. I think this comment sums up pretty well what it's like: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22129625.

New comment by mariedm in "Show HN: I built a community for women entrepreneurs and makers"

mariedm — Thu, 23 Jan 2020 17:54:25 +0000

You're welcome to join Women Make and tell me what you think! I'd love to have your feedback about this.

New comment by mariedm in "Show HN: I built a community for women entrepreneurs and makers"

mariedm — Thu, 23 Jan 2020 17:41:26 +0000

Actually yes. More people and more activity means more moderation. And I think it's the time you realize if your foundations are strong enough. Moderation really is everything, and it's a lot of work to make people understand what are the values of the community, what is tolerated or not, etc. while making it welcoming. If you made that clear since the beginning, it's easier to handle later. And members might actually help you too, they become messengers, they also represent the community.

New comment by mariedm in "Show HN: I built a community for women entrepreneurs and makers"

mariedm — Thu, 23 Jan 2020 17:30:15 +0000

I'm not English native so copywriting suggestions are more than welcome. How would you have said it?