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Tiffani

09/18/18

@ Y Combinator

After getting written up in various publications, we received around 250 emails from planners worldwide asking if they could use our prototype for their transportation plans.

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Female Founders Conference - Mountain View

@ Y Combinator

Female Founders Conference - Mountain View

09/18/18

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Tiffani

09/18/18

@ Y Combinator

We built a prototype to suggest better transit routes to Muni, and when Code for America tweeted it, we realized people were interested in our grassroots project.

Tiffani

09/18/18

@ Y Combinator

We started doing user research in earnest, which opened our minds to the entire world of urban planning we now work in.

Tiffani

09/18/18

@ Y Combinator

I run a company called Remix, where we help about 300 cities around the world plan their transportation future, from public transit to street design.

Travis Kalanick

10/25/13

@ Y Combinator

To combat regulatory challenges, Uber mobilized 50,000 emails and 37,000 tweets in 18 hours, successfully influencing city council decisions.

Y Combinator Cast

08/10/23

@ Y Combinator

After creating a mock-up of our personal finance product and posting it on Reddit, we received nearly a thousand sign-ups for our waitlist within 24 hours.

Eric Migicovsky

10/13/18

@ Y Combinator

Before going through the entire manufacturing process, we sold around 700 to 800 units of our product, which helped validate our idea.

Lenny's Podcast Cast

05/02/25

@ Lenny's Podcast

Prototypes should be created to explore distinct futures, serving as concept cars that inspire and inform the development of future products.

Y Combinator Cast

06/20/14

@ Y Combinator

We grew our user base from 350 to 2500 through press coverage and word of mouth, targeting college campuses for further expansion.

Jeff Dean

08/08/17

@ Y Combinator

We're providing a thousand TPU devices for free to researchers committed to publishing their results openly and providing feedback.