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Alfred Lin

07/31/14

@ Y Combinator

When I left the company, we grew from zero revenues to about $150 million in recurring revenue, leading to a sale to Microsoft for around $800 million.

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Alfred Lin with Justin Kan

@ Y Combinator

07/31/14

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Jake Heller

11/16/23

@ Y Combinator

From 2013 to 2023, we experienced a 10-year overnight success, culminating in a $650 million sale, which reflects the long journey of building a truly amazing product.

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Thomas Dohmke

04/09/25

@ EO

Microsoft acquired both our product and contracting companies in 2014, which was unexpected but beneficial due to the demand for skilled developers at that time.

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Danielle Morrill

02/24/15

@ Y Combinator

By the end of 2013, we reached $500,000 in annual recurring revenue, which prompted us to start thinking about raising a Series A.

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Y Combinator Cast

09/18/18

@ Y Combinator

Ten years ago, we faced significant challenges, but last year we sold our company for over a billion dollars.

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Loriana Sardar

04/28/25

@ EO

We currently have 20 paying customers and have generated about $200,000 in annual revenue, while raising a round of $1.5 million.

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Parker Conrad

01/11/25

@ Y Combinator

After exiting Y Combinator, we achieved $200,000 in revenue within six weeks, and by the end of the year, we reached about $1 million, showcasing our rapid growth trajectory.

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Jason Citron

11/25/24

@ 20VC with Harry Stebbings

I turned down a $12 billion offer from Microsoft because I felt that we had a unique opportunity to create something special and control our own destiny.

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Hosain Rahman

10/15/14

@ Y Combinator

We went from zero to seventy million in revenue in our first year after launching our product, which sold out in a few hours.

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Hosain Rahman

10/15/14

@ Y Combinator

We scaled our company from zero to seventy million in revenue with just six people at the start, which was a challenging situation.