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Kathryn Minshew

03/13/14

@ Y Combinator

Even with many flaws, we saw incredible user growth, with 20,000 visitors in the first month, which encouraged us to keep going despite initial setbacks.

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Kathryn Minshew at Female Founders Conference 2014

@ Y Combinator

Kathryn Minshew at Female Founders Conference 2014

03/13/14

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Emmett Shear

10/15/14

@ Y Combinator

Launching our show garnered national attention, and we experienced significant growth, hitting 150,000 unique visitors in the first month.

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Ashley Wong

09/18/18

@ Y Combinator

We realized our users loved us because they put up with a website that was half-functional, showing their commitment to our product despite its flaws.

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Kathryn Minshew

06/20/14

@ Y Combinator

After launching, we grew from reaching about a hundred thousand people a month to a million and a half a month.

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Olga Vidisheva

02/24/15

@ Y Combinator

We grew over 700% last year, and the site didn't crash once after bringing in the right team.

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Kathryn Minshew

06/20/14

@ Y Combinator

The Muse's first website, launched in 2011, was not great, but it attracted 20,000 users in the first month, indicating we struck a chord despite its flaws.

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Michael Truell

05/01/25

@ Lenny's Podcast

The initial traction we received was surprising, leading us to iterate quickly based on user feedback and adapt our product accordingly.

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Y Combinator Cast

08/10/23

@ Y Combinator

We launched our closed beta on Twitter, which rapidly increased our followers from 50 to 10,000 and attracted 150,000 unique visitors a day.

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Eric Migicovsky

10/15/14

@ Y Combinator

Our team grew significantly after launching, and we shipped hundreds of thousands of watches worldwide, despite initially feeling uncertain about our direction.

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Cindy Mi

01/17/19

@ Y Combinator

We weren't prepared for rapid growth when a key opinion leader shared our program, leading to 2,000 sign-ups overnight, which we struggled to manage in a timely manner.