"... Durkin decided to shut down the Australian site and give the US market a go — So she applied to Y Combinator, and got accepted. ..."
Doesn't it bother any of you that she abandoned her entire Australian userbase?
Doesn't it bother any of you that she abandoned her entire Australian userbase?
'She says the site was so beloved in Australia that women still email her asking when it will be back up, “I’ve proven the model in Oz."' If it was proven in Australia, why shut it down? Did she need to shut it down for investors to take a look? Is there some YC criteria that wont let you have a successful product already?