Laura Behrens Wu
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- Y Combinator24 min
The Most Important Decision is Getting Started – Laura Behrens Wu
Laura Behrens Wu, Carolyn Levy
Shippo, co-founded by Laura Behrens-Wu and Simon, built an API platform that processes millions of monthly shipments for 16,000 e-commerce merchants after pivoting to solve critical shipping transparency issues. The company successfully raised $9 million in two rounds despite facing significant hurdles, including 115 investor rejections, team turnover, and a lawsuit, by maintaining transparent communication and executing a compressed four-week Series A process. Behrens-Wu now leverages this experience to advocate for inclusive hiring practices and warns founders to vet investors on their crisis management behaviors while navigating systemic gender biases in the B2B technology sector.
- Y Combinator43 min
Spotting Ecommerce Trends in Shipping Data - Laura Behrens Wu
Laura Behrens Wu, Craig Cannon
Founded by Laura in 2013 to bridge the technology gap in logistics, Shippo serves as a RESTful API platform aggregating shipping providers for e-commerce merchants from SMBs to enterprise marketplaces like eBay. The company mitigates complex regulatory risks and carrier inconsistencies while offering specialized insurance and tracking features to reduce cart abandonment and support niche product categories. With a global team of approximately 65 employees, Shippo advises B2B entrepreneurs to target inefficient infrastructure problems, having successfully scaled by positioning its "unsexy" shipping solution within the broader high-growth narrative of e-commerce.
- Y Combinator5h 9m
Female Founders Conference 2017
Avni Patel-Thompson, Emily Weiss, Laura Behrens Wu, Padmashree Warrior, Aileen Lee, Elizabeth Lyons, Vanessa Torridilla, Erica, Morgan de Bon, Diane Greene, Kirsty Nathoo, Carolyn Lebe, Anu Hariharan, Adora Chung, Jessica Livingston, Kat
The Female Founders Conference brought together prominent industry leaders like Avital Lee, Kate Winslet, and Aileen Lee to analyze the nine distinct factors that differentiate successful startups from unicorns. Prominent founders from companies such as Poppy, Glossier, and NIO shared case studies on overcoming funding rejections, pivoting from failure, and building inclusive cultures within male-dominated sectors. The event concluded with YC partners debunking common myths about early-stage investment while emphasizing that persistent storytelling and rigorous data preparation are essential for women founders navigating systemic bias.