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Wander: Lessons From a Failed Student Start-up | by Wander | Aug, 2022 | Medium

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A summary of lessons across product, engineering, growth and management we learned while running a startup as full-time students

Wander: Lessons From a Failed Student Start-up 12 min read Aug 15, 2022 -- Justin (@gainsleyjustin) and Yash (@yash14700) started Wander over two years ago. We (Justin and Yash) co-led product, Justin individually owned growth, fundraising, and design, and Yash led engineering and team onboarding/upskilling. We wanted to reflect on the now inactive start-up that comprised almost half our time at college and majorly shaped the people we have become today. We’ve written two posts reflecting on our experience building Wander. In this post, we dispassionately pick apart and critique our…

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