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Kevin Hale
07/03/19
@ Y Combinator
When starting Wufoo, we focused on creating valuable content through our blog, which helped us build a readership of over a hundred thousand subscribers before launching our product.
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Updates for Startup School 2019 and Office Hours with Kevin Hale
@ Y Combinator
07/03/19
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Kevin Hale
07/03/19
@ Y Combinator
We launched an interactive demo of Wufoo before the official product, which attracted over 100,000 users and helped us gauge interest and collect feedback. Building an audience before launching a product is crucial; it allows you to start with a trusted base of potential customers.
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Kevin Hale
07/03/19
@ Y Combinator
Our freemium model allowed Wufoo to spread organically; users would see 'powered by Wufoo' on forms they created, which helped us gain visibility.
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Kevin Hale
07/03/19
@ Y Combinator
In the early days of Wufoo, we focused on creating a great customer experience by ensuring that everyone in the company was passionate and involved in customer support, which helped maintain our culture and efficiency.
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Kevin Hale
03/25/17
@ Y Combinator
Our growth at Wufoo was driven entirely by word of mouth, with no advertising, highlighting the importance of user satisfaction and retention in achieving growth.
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Kevin Hale
03/25/17
@ Y Combinator
At Wufoo, we aimed to create a product that people wanted to love and have a relationship with, rather than just a tool that reminded them of working in a cubicle.
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Kevin Hale
03/25/17
@ Y Combinator
At Wufoo, we dedicated 30% of our engineering time to creating internal tools that empower users to help themselves, significantly reducing customer support needs.
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Kevin Hale
07/03/19
@ Y Combinator
In the early days, we relied on ease of use and a friendly interface to differentiate Wufoo from competitors, who often had more complex and less engaging products.
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Kevin Hale
03/25/17
@ Y Combinator
At Wufoo, we managed to provide support to 500,000 users with just a small team, achieving a response time of 7 to 12 minutes during peak hours, which was crucial for user satisfaction.
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Kevin Hale
07/03/19
@ Y Combinator
Embedding forms on other websites was a unique feature that helped Wufoo gain traction, as it allowed users to share our product without redirecting their audience.