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Luke Barkley Young: Outlines surpassed 10,000 customer households across America

Luke Barkley Young · #123 Outlines: A Venture-Backed Shower Curtain? · Mar 4, 2025 · at 26:36

Luke Barkley Young, founder of sustainable home essentials startup Outlines, shares recent customer growth metrics with Josh Muccio.

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“We actually just passed a pretty significant milestone, which is, like, 10,000 homes across America now choose our lines for the shower liners and are recycling with us”

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