I didn't do Y Combinator at the beginning of Gobble; I did it three and a half years into the struggle when I was running out of money and had only $8,000 in the bank.

Even after two failed versions of Gobble, I believed in our mission to provide busy people with home-cooked meals, which kept me motivated to find a solution.

I started Gobble while managing another startup, and I was working 16 to 18 hours a day, often eating alone and feeling unhappy.

After my engineer quit, I felt lost and worried about the future of Gobble, but I reached out to trusted investors who helped me find a replacement. I learned to code and eventually hired great engineers, but this delayed our launch and was a significant setback for Gobble.

In the beginning, we described Gobble as a marketplace for personal chefs and families, which resonated with the peer-to-peer economy trend at the time.

I founded Gobble to help anyone cook dinner in just 10 minutes, and we invented the 10-minute one-pan dinner kit.

Our new dinner subscription service significantly outperformed previous versions of Gobble, achieving five times the revenue and showing promising growth.

Customers wanted the ability to order food on demand, leading us to attempt an on-demand service called Gobble Instant, which ultimately failed due to logistical issues.

I turned down a life-changing offer to sell Replit because I felt it wouldn't achieve its full potential and I didn't want to let down my supporters.