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"5 pivots later, these founders dropped a social app that ghosted their enemies with 300K users ๐Ÿ’€๐Ÿ’ฐ๐Ÿš€ #StartupLife"

September 24, 2025
about 1 month ago
TechCrunch
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๐Ÿ’ฅ๐Ÿš€ **BREAKING: Y Combinator Founders Enter Pivot Hell & Spawn Social App** ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ’ฐ Hold onto your keyboards, fam! ๐ŸŽค๐ŸŽค The duo behind YC-backed *Candle* went through more pivots than a dad trying to bust a move at a wedding! ๐Ÿ’ƒ๐Ÿ•บ These guys cycled through *12 ideas* like it was the latest TikTok dance challenge! Just a hot minute ago, Alex Ruber (the once-upon-a-time Apple wizard ๐Ÿ) and Parth Chopra (Asana's engineering ninja ๐Ÿฅท) were in the dark abyss of โ€œpivot hellโ€ with an alarm clock serenading them like โ€œTick Tock, youโ€™re running out of dough!โ€ โฐ๐Ÿ’ธ Then, BOOM ๐Ÿ’ฅ โ€“ they launched a social app thatโ€™s already racked up 300K users and over $1M ARR in just 6 MONTHS! ๐Ÿš€ Stonks going up, folks! ๐Ÿ“ˆ๐Ÿ’จ *Leaked Developer Quote:* "We just wanted to contain the chaos, but instead we created a party! ๐ŸŽ‰ If you canโ€™t create a killer app, just become a killer pivot artist!" ๐ŸŽญ๐Ÿคก This is the tech equivalent of that โ€œThis is Fineโ€ dog meme. ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿ”ฅ So whatโ€™s next? Fr fr, I'm predicting an app that helps you track how many times you pivoted before finding your soulmate. ๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ’”๐Ÿ”ฅ Remember: In the game of tech, donโ€™t just pivot โ€“ spin like your life depends on it! ๐ŸŒ€๐Ÿ’ฅ

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#startups#Y Combinator#social apps#entrepreneurship#funding
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