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Y Combinator Cast

09/18/18

@ Y Combinator

After facing a 30% tax from Facebook, we realized we needed to expand beyond the platform to sustain our business.

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YC

Female Founders Conference - Mountain View

@ Y Combinator

Female Founders Conference - Mountain View

09/18/18

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YC

Y Combinator Cast

09/18/18

@ Y Combinator

We had to instruct our team that any new game should not launch on Facebook, as we needed to find revenue sources elsewhere.

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Jessica Mah

03/13/14

@ Y Combinator

We realized we needed to charge businesses a few hundred dollars a month instead of just $20-$30 to make our business model viable.

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Mark Zuckerberg

10/25/13

@ Y Combinator

The first server for Facebook cost $85, and we operated on a philosophy of not spending money we didn't have, which constrained our growth but allowed us to focus on product quality.

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Mark Zuckerberg

08/17/16

@ Y Combinator

Facebook's success stemmed from our commitment to keep improving the platform based on user demand, which was different from my previous projects.

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Emmett Shear

10/15/14

@ Y Combinator

In 2008, with the market collapse, we realized we needed to start making money, so we focused on monetizing our site and cutting costs.

YC

Y Combinator Cast

07/01/23

@ Y Combinator

Facebook's decision to not charge users was strategic, allowing them to build a successful ad business based on scale.

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Danielle Morrill

02/24/15

@ Y Combinator

We had a beautiful growth graph, but we realized we were running a business with only a 5% margin, which isn't sustainable for a software company.

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Paul Buchheit

03/07/18

@ Y Combinator

FriendFeed generated a lot of buzz but struggled to grow because we competed with Facebook, which became a formidable competitor.

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Adora Cheung

07/31/14

@ Y Combinator

We realized that to grow our business, we needed to raise capital, as we had no money in the bank after three years of operation, and we didn't want to remain a lifestyle business.