The Daily Muse

The Muse

Type of site	Employment website
Available in	English
Founded	September 2011
Headquarters	New York City, New York, United States
Founder(s)	Kathryn Minshew Alex Cavoulacos Melissa McCreery
Website	themuse.com
Launched	September 6, 2011
Current status	Active

The Muse (formerly known as The Daily Muse) is an American career and employment website, founded by Kathryn Minshew, Alex Cavoulacos and Melissa McCreery.

The website provides career advice, as well as in-depth coverage of employers including behind-the-scenes videos of company headquarters and interviews with employees ^[1]

Clients listed on its website^[2] include Gucci, Facebook, Pinterest, HBO. It maintains a team of more than 140 writers^[3] and its articles are syndicated on Forbes, The Huffington Post and other sites.

History

The Daily Muse launched on September 6, 2011, with eight editors and eleven columnists^[4] and $2,710 in funding via Indiegogo.^[5]

After a small round of funding from Y Combinator, 500 Startups and others, it received $1.2 million in funding^[6] in January 2013 to continue growing the business.

After rebranding to The Muse in June 2013,^[7] it was a finalist in The Wall Street Journal Startup of the Year competition in Fall 2013.^[8]

Tyra Banks and others invested $1 million in The Muse in February 2014.^[9]

In May 2015, The Muse announced a $10 million Series A round led by Theresia Gouw at Aspect Ventures, with participation by DBL Partners and QED Ventures.^[10]

Traffic and demographics

The site now has over 3.5 million monthly active users^[11] and has expanded from originally targeting the 20-35 year female demographic to offer content for all professionals.

The Muse's users are 65% female, and over 50% non-white, with an average age of 29, which is much younger than LinkedIn's 47.^[12]

See also

• List of employment websites

References

1. "Company Muse Makes Your Job Search Less Sucky". Fast Company. Retrieved February 16, 2013.
2. . The Muse.
3. "Breakthrough Websites for Young Women, by Young Women". PBS. Retrieved February 16, 2013.
4. "The Daily Muse Wants to Bridge the Gap Between Glamour and the NYTimes". TechCrunch. Retrieved February 16, 2013.
5. "The Daily Muse". Indiegogo. Retrieved February 16, 2013.
6. "The Muse Career Site Raises $1.2M". All Things Digital. Retrieved February 16, 2013.
7. "The Daily Muse Expands from a Community for Professional Women to "The Muse," A Career Destination for Everyone". TechCrunch. Retrieved June 24, 2013.
8. "WSJ Startup of the Year' Finalists Make Their Case". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved October 30, 2013.
9. "Tyra Banks and More Put a Million in The Muse)". TechCrunch. Retrieved February 4, 2014.
10. "Women Power on Display in Career Site The Muse's $10M Round)". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved May 13, 2015.
11. "The Muse Raises $10 Million (and Turns Away $10 Million)". StrictlyVC.com. Retrieved May 13, 2015.
12. "The Muse Raises $10M from Aspect Ventures to Scale a Career Site for Millennials". TechCrunch. Retrieved May 13, 2015.

External links

• themuse.com, its official website