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Quild #24: Scribe

Let me show you how

19 Feb

This is the Quild daily, highlighting one early-stage startup that has statistically significant signals of becoming a unicorn.

Scribe lets users share how work is done, enabling anyone to automatically create step-by-step guides for any process. The Scribe platform seamlessly captures and shares knowledge workers’ “know-how,” building more productive and collaborative organizations and communities.

Founders: Jennifer Smith (CEO), Aaron Podolny (CTO)

Signals:

  1. Repeat founder

    1. Aaron founded Devotably and Shophood

  2. Venture-backed experience

    1. Jennifer ran business for a layer 1 blockchain company

    2. Aaron was CTO for Onward, which was acquired by Google

  3. Top company alumni

    1. Jennifer worked at McKinsey for 6 years and Greylock for 3 years

    2. Aaron worked at Cornerstone Research for ~3 years and Google for ~1 year

  4. Top university alumni

    1. Jennifer graduated with an MBA from Harvard and an AB in Economics and Finance from Princeton University

    2. Aaron graduated from Yale University

  5. Fast team growth

    1. Grew 4.8x YoY

    2. And hiring more

  6. Accelerated financing

    1. Announced seed in Jan 2021, series A in Oct 2021

  7. Midas list investors

    1. Tiger led series A

    2. Amplify led seed

Till tomorrow, Kenn