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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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How to Build Products Users Love with Kevin Hale (How to Start a Startup 2014: Lecture 7)
@ Y Combinator
03/25/17
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Brian Chesky
12/01/15
@ Greylock
Our growth primarily came from word of mouth and PR, as we focused on making sure customers loved our service.
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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
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
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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Kevin Hale
03/25/17
@ Y Combinator
Word-of-mouth growth is the most effective form of marketing; create a compelling story about your product that users want to share.
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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
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
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.