BUZZFEED NEWS: More than 20 percent of female founders who responded to a survey from technology accelerator Y Combinator said investors have targeted them with some type of inappropriate sexual behavior, according to results from Y Combinator shared this week. Only 88 out of 384 female founders associated with Y Combinator completed the survey, but the Y Combinator vowed to “ban any investor who acts inappropriately from our community.”
IN OTHER NEWS: Tired of kids getting fined, startup crowdfunds an app to permit the lemonade stand (GOVTECH); “A friend is a wonderful invention; but then again so is a whole lie” (WASHINGTON POST); The cost of being disconnected (COLUMBIA JOURNALISM REVIEW).
