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Ooshma Garg
04/19/16
@ Y Combinator
We learned that customers wanted to cook but lacked the time, so we applied the restaurant concept of mise en place to create dinner kits for families.
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Gobble founder Ooshma Garg speaks at Female Founders Conference 2016
@ Y Combinator
04/19/16
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Ooshma Garg
04/19/16
@ Y Combinator
I founded Gobble to help anyone cook dinner in just 10 minutes, and we invented the 10-minute one-pan dinner kit.
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Ooshma Garg
09/08/18
@ Y Combinator
The personalized dinner service model we developed allowed us to focus on technology and cater to individual tastes, which was a significant evolution from our earlier models.
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Ooshma Garg
04/19/16
@ Y Combinator
What began as a fun dinner hack quickly evolved into a serious business opportunity as chefs brought their culture and pride into the meals they prepared.
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Ooshma Garg
04/19/16
@ Y Combinator
Our mission is to create love through food, and we are now able to provide that home-cooked meal experience to millions of families.
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Ooshma Garg
04/19/16
@ Y Combinator
To solve my problem of not having time to cook, I posted an ad on Craigslist for chefs to prepare home-cooked meals, which led to 70 responses in 24 hours.
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Ooshma Garg
04/19/16
@ Y Combinator
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.
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Ooshma Garg
04/19/16
@ Y Combinator
I took time to reflect on my experiences and insights, which led me to develop a personalized dinner subscription service that ultimately succeeded.
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Ooshma Garg
04/19/16
@ Y Combinator
Our social media and word of mouth exploded after we tested our dinner kits, leading to significant growth and product-market fit without any marketing hires.
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Travis Kalanick
04/11/25
@ Peter H. Diamandis
The goal of cloud kitchens is to provide meals that are high quality, cost-efficient, and convenient, approaching the cost of grocery shopping, while transforming the kitchen industry in the same way Uber transformed transportation, making it a service that does the cooking for you, allowing you to focus on what you love.