Short Story (YC S19) — Modern ecommerce for petite women
Short Story is a style discovery platform to help petite women find clothes that fit. The average American woman is 5'4" and petite, yet this remains an enormously underserved segment.
Short Story is a Y Combinator company in the Summer 2019 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: Modern ecommerce for petite women. The founders listed are Samuel Hoffstaetter (Founder), Isabella Sun (Founder) (Y Combinator directory entry, April 25, 2019).
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Short Story is a style discovery platform to help petite women find clothes that fit. The average American woman is 5'4" and petite, yet this remains an enormously underserved segment. We’re a team of curators passionate about finding style, quality, and fit for petite women. Our mission is to remove the “ugh” from the shopping equation and support petite women in telling their stories, stylishly and confidently.
Samuel Hoffstaetter
Founder
Isabella Sun
Founder
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One of 49 companies held here in Consumer › Apparel and Cosmetics.
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