GitLab (YC W15) is part of the Y Combinator family

by Y Combinator3/5/2015

“As reported by Techcrunch we’re part of Y Combinator’s winter 2015 batch!

At first glance, it might not seem obvious for our company to join Y Combinator since we already have 10 employees and hundreds of paying clients. The reason for joining was learning more about how to grow as a company. We were always really focussed on GitLab and of course we never want to lose that. But we want to avoid as many mistakes made by fast growing companies and to learn from the Y Combinator partners that have seen hundreds of organizations growing fast. There are regular events that feature experts in all facets of building a company, from user retention to enterprise sales. And it is great to hear stories from other startups,what they have overcame and how relentlessly resourceful they have been.” 

– Sytse Sijbrandij, Founder, GitLab

Read the full post on GitLab’s blog

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