Maderight
The business, the turning points, and the decisions behind them.
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01 / WHAT IT BUILT
What the company did
Maderight was a San Francisco fashion sourcing platform founded in 2015 by Kent Mori, Kevin Chan, and Shuo Yang, a Y Combinator Summer 2015 company. It offered a one-stop shop for fashion sourcing, manufacturing, and logistics: brands were paired with a production expert overseeing everything from technical design files to on-time delivery, through a consortium of vetted ethical factories.
02 / Maderight FAILURE REASONS
Failure factors
Co-founder/CEO Kent Mori wrote on 18 Sep 2018 that YC/StartX-backed apparel manufacturing software Maderight was shutting down after three years because the team was unable to find product-market fit, including factories not adopting the tech and splitting focus between high-touch service and automation.
Founder stated the company was unable to find product-market fit after three years.
Founder cited choosing to run both high-touch service and automation, which split time and resources.
03 / EVENT HISTORY
Events in the structured record
- Company founded
Maderight is founded and joins Y Combinator's Summer 2015 batch.
- Funding round
The company raises a seed round from Y Combinator and Cherubic Ventures.
- Operations ended
Maderight becomes inactive; its Y Combinator profile lists it as closed.
04 / CONTEMPORARY REBUILD ASSESSMENT
Difficulty of rebuilding this project today
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Overall assessment: Not completed
05 / CAUSAL CHAIN / AFTERMATH
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