Erika Hairston and Arnelle Ansong are the co-founders of Edlyft (YC W20). While they pieced together their own support systems as CS majors, they're building Edlyft to provide structured mentorship for aspiring engineers, at scale.
On who gets to start a startup, betting on people of different backgrounds, and more.

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Edlyft's website - https://edlyft.com/
Edlyft's Twitter - https://twitter.com/TheEdlyft
Arnelle's Twitter - https://twitter.com/nelly_ans
Erika's Twitter - https://twitter.com/bballerika

]: Leaving jobs at Bain and LinkedIn to go full-time on Edlyft

]: The 'hair on fire' problem that many CS majors face

]: Erika and Arnelle's opinion on the durability of American higher ed

]: Why diverse teams see problems that others can't

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