Yard Sale
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the Y Combinator Startup Podcast 4
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McManus: Silicon Valley's beta storyline was based on his startup Yard Sale
“They ended up pulling directly from our experience with Yard Sale launching a beta, and sort of, like, not being totally sure at first, like, whether this thing is working or not.”
McManus: 2015 startup sale was primarily to return investor capital
“We were cranking hard on our startup for four years sold it in 2015 and the acquisition, it was kind of mostly just to sort of do right by our investors, return as much as we could. But it was not like, you know, phenomenal outcome for the company.”